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1.
The first event was a dryish clean but still ended up in the mud as we d
put on a clean up at Western Way Pembroke dock .Where the group
supported the Keep Wales Tidy "Pride in our Communities" campaign. This
saw the group remove in excess of twenty trolleys, a motorbike and
various road work barriers from an area which is used by families for
picnics or to play in the nearby playground. The group received
assistance from P.E.A.T. |
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WAY 5/2/07) |
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2.
The second event, saw the group attend a seminar in Dublin put on by An
Taisce. The group gave a talk on Marine litter and what the group has
done to try and combat the problem here in Wales .The group was well
received and thanked for attending the event .As a lot of the attendees
were experienced beach cleaners but had not thought about the rubbish
that stays on the sea bed. |
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3.
Next up for the group was a clean up on a stretch of the River Cleddau
in the centre of Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire s market town and a
potentially busy area with tourist in the summer eating their dinner by
the river and relaxing the group removed Shopping Trolleys, Pushbikes,
Scooters, and various rubbish. The group were assisted by the local
Kayak Club and H.I.T. |
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4.
The group did nt do any proper underwater clean up s till June due to
adverse weather conditions, although the group carried out 3 clean ups
during June. The first of these was performed in the Skomer Marine
Nature Reserve on the 2nd of June at a site near to Martin s
Haven. We feel very fortunate to dive here in what is one of only three
Marine Nature Reserves in the U.K. and the marine life here some of it
is not so common and needs cleaning from time to time .The group here
removed mainly lost
Angling
Equipment (as you can see here in this photo taken in the Skomer M.N.R)
we also found a few lots and smashed up Lobster pots.
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5.
The other clean ups carried out by the group in June were done to
support Keep Wales Tidy s Tidy Wales Week. The clean up sites were Hobbs
Point on the 22nd of June and Stackpole Quay on the 30 th.
The first clean up location Hobbs Point you just never what has been
dumped there in the sea on this occasion the group removed the usual
Shopping Trolley s but also a washing machine and Car Radiator, push
bikes scooters etc. |
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At
Stackpole Quay we collected mainly lost Fishing Equipment. It was a
good effort,considering the weather did nt stop raining the whole time.
So the group provided gave all it s volunteers a free bowl of soup and a
cupper to thank them all for a sterling effort. |
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6. In
July we carried out a weekend clean up in Fishguard chartering a boat
from Mark Deane & Celtic Diving. During the weekend we found quite a lot
of lost Commercial Fishing Equipment, which we gave back to a few local
Commercial Fishermen. On the second day we did a pleasure dive on the
wreck of he Vendome. (this
is after a clean up at Hobbs Point) |
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7. Next clean up was at the end of July which saw
N.A.R.C. return to the reserve and do a clean up near Martins Haven. The
group used a Charter boat from Broadside Charters. After the clean up
the Chairman of the goup with his local dive knowledge of Skomer thought
he d show them a lovely dive site on the South of Skomer, to demonstrate
how lucky we are to have Skomer Marine Nature Reserve and to thank them
for coming along on the clean up. On the return we had a snack in the
Griffin Inn. The whole day was funded by the S.A.C. and the group would
like to thank them for their support.
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8. In August the group were asked to go back to
Dublin by An Taisce to try and get some interest with local dive clubs
In Dublin. We gave atalk on the Friday night to members of Aer Lingus
Dive club and Portmarnock Dive club. The group went with 6 N.A.R.C.
volunteers and on the Saturday arranged to do a clean up at Skerries
harbour which went quite well. Again attended by members from the two
dive clubs who came to the talk the previous night. The event was funded
by Keep Wales Tidy and supported by An Taisce and the C.F.T. which is
the Irish Dive club organisation.
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9.
Beginning of September saw the group return to the Skomer Reserve and
carry out a clean up . We were not able to do our planned thank you dive
for the volunteers because of poor weather sp they had a dip at Watwick
bay. The group had removed lots of Angling equipment and freed hooks
from Coral present and a Dogfish which was hooked on lost hooks. The
group had chartered a boat through Broadside Charters again thanks to
the S.A.C. for funding the event. All volunteers were rewarded with a
hot snack and drink at Martha s Vineyard. |
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10. The next clean up saw us return to Stackpole
Quay this clean up was done to support the invaluable work of the Marine
Conservation Society during their Beachwatch week. The event was well
attended and a boat was fielded By Ogwr sub Aqua club. After the clean
up the group had refreshments at the Café and had a social dive at
Church Rock and were greeted by a huge shoal of 70 or so Triggerfish but
amongst the shoal was another alien fish which was identified as an”
Almaco Jack” which was identified by Mr Doug Herdson of the National
Aquarium.
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11. The next clean up was more than likely the
best as in the amount of rubbish removed and it saw us back at Hobbs
Point. Diversity of rubbish here is unbelievable in this picture you can
see washing machine drum ,cooker elements lots of rubbish. The clean up
was in support of Keep Wales Tidy s Pride in our Communities campaign
.The group did a social dip after the clean up to show how diverse and
important the Marine Life is here in the Cleddau waterways.
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