UShaka celebrates Marine Week
Visitors can wander through the ‘Plastic Marine Litter House’ and learn more about the impact of their actions on marine animals.
CELEBRATE Marine Week from 5 to 13 October and take in a free Marine Litter Exhibit at uShaka Marine World.
Each year many marine animals including seals, turtles, penguins and other seabirds are stranded along our beaches. Many of these have either become entangled in marine litter or have swallowed plastic.
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With funding from the Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP), led by the UK through the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), the SAAMBR team was inspired to develop a new and exciting marine litter exhibit.
Visitors can wander through the ‘Plastic Marine Litter House’ and learn more about the impact of their actions on marine animals as they explore easy ways to reduce their use of plastics.
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