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Portholland Clean Up

Writer's picture: Zillah Robertson Zillah Robertson

Updated: Aug 19, 2019

November 2018


We received a request this week, to help remove a large fishing net from Portholland beach, near St Austell.

Fortunately we were able to get there today with enough volunteers to try and remove it. The tide had moved it around the beach during the week and it was important to remove it ASAP before it reflected. It was huge and took a lot of sawing, cutting and muscle, with several of us dragging pieces off the beach. We lifted it into two vehicles and took it away to be disposed of by Odyssey Innovation Ltd who can recycle it into kayaks.

Many Thanks to Maria and Stan Tomczynska who reported it to us, sent photos and helped us today with getting it off the beach.

Great team work - Thanks Guy and Deb!

We are grateful to World Animal Protection UK and Morrisons for supporting our work.




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Fathoms Free is a group of volunteer divers who protect marine wildlife and the environment for everyone's benefit by removing ALDFG (abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear) and other marine debris from the coastal waters of Cornwall and Devon.

ALDFG is also known as ghost gear or ghost fishing gear, as it continues to "fish," entangling, trapping, and killing wildlife indiscriminately. These trapped animals will die and act as bait, attracting more wildlife in a vicious cycle of death until the ghost gear is removed from the environment.

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Fathoms free are a registered charity.

UK charity number 1192613

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