FISHERMEN who visit Hotel Rocks on Winklespruit Beach are urged to make use of the recently installed ‘swag bin’.
The Clean Surf Project team will ensure more bins, which have been named in recognition of the ‘swag or treasure’ they hold, are installed along the popular beaches of the Sapphire Coast in due course.
Sapphire Coast Tourism thanked CSP’s Candice Harding, Cheryl Retief, Shona Cox and Denzil van der Westhuizen and Toti Conservancy’s Angus Pyke.
This project not only raises awareness about marine debris and its effects on marine wildlife, but provides containers along the coast which collect discarded fishing lines.
Sea birds and marine life are often trapped or killed as a result of fishing line which is not properly discarded and removed from the beaches each year. The results of the International Coastal Clean-Up show that discarded fishing line continues to be a major pollutant on our country’s beaches. PVC pipes, which are converted into bins and placed on beaches, are resistant to the elements and corrosion and prevent the lines and attached hooks from blowing away.
Contact CSP if you wish to support the project or assist with sponsorship of fishing bin equipment (poles, pipes and cement). E-mail cleansurfproject@gmail.com or call 082-802-3353.
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