Guernsey beach cleans and marine litter
Marine debris and particularly floating plastic is a major hazard for wildlife. Seabirds, turtles and marine mammals may ingest plastic, which may cause their death. Discarded plastic erodes to microscopic particles, which can enter the human food chain. Some plastic softeners may mimic endocrine hormones which impact reproduction.
Marine debris washes up on the Guernsey shore regularly. Much of it is from ships including fishing boats. Storms bring up broken crab and lobster pots. Beach cleaners often find an odd shoe, cigarette lighters, plastic polymer fishing rope, twine, and line, pieces of polystyrene and insulation foam, plastic bags and plastic bottles, and thousands of pieces of hard plastic including disposable plastic cutlery, plastic bottle tops and plastic toys.
Read MoreMarine debris washes up on the Guernsey shore regularly. Much of it is from ships including fishing boats. Storms bring up broken crab and lobster pots. Beach cleaners often find an odd shoe, cigarette lighters, plastic polymer fishing rope, twine, and line, pieces of polystyrene and insulation foam, plastic bags and plastic bottles, and thousands of pieces of hard plastic including disposable plastic cutlery, plastic bottle tops and plastic toys.
An octopus pot, which has been torn from its base, washed up at Petit Port on Guernsey's south coast on 24th September 2019
Based on the excellent French marine litter identification website http://dechets-marins.ovh/ this was identified as an octopus pot, which washed up on the sea shore at Petit Port on Guernsey's south coast on 24 September 2019.
The open side facing up would normally hold cement or a weight to hold it to the bottom.
Images at the bottom of this page: http://nuevamiradaalmar.blogspot.com/2014/07/una-pesca-de-pulpo-artesanal-mal.html show many similar octopus pots on board a vessel.
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