ReefClean is a project funded by the Australian Government's Reef Trust. Launched in early 2019, the project aims to remove and prevent marine debris along the Great Barrier Reef region through to 2023. In order to do this, Tangaroa Blue Foundation has partnered with several organisations to achieve success: Reef Check Australia, Capricornia Catchments, Eco Barge Clean Seas, OceanWatch Australia, South Cape York Catchments, AUSMAP, and Think Spatial.
The ReefClean project will deliver the following services:
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A helicopter survey from Cooktown to Cape York reveals the extent and variety of plastic pollution along the coastline.
2,882 plastic floats, 211 ghost nets, 147 long line beacons and 234 fish attracting devices are among thousands of items of plastic pollution revealed by
the latest Tangaroa Blue aerial survey of the coastline from Cooktown to the tip of Cape York as part of the ReefClean program.
Last week a team of 9 dedicated volunteers, Tangaroa Blue Foundation staff and Blue Planet Marine crew pulled off 2.3 tonnes from 6 islands in the Mackay region, including Penrith, Digby and Prudhoe Islands.
Despite being delayed by the weather, the rest of the week they were blessed with calm seas which provided access to south-east facing beaches that hadn’t been cleaned in a long time, if ever. The expedition was part of the 5-year ReefClean project, which focuses on both the removal and prevention of marine debris impacting the Great Barrier Reef.
Read more “2.3 tonnes of marine debris removed from the Mackay Islands”
The end of this week marks the completion of our March quarterly monitoring round! We’d like to thank all of the participants involved in this round, from the staff of South Cape York Catchments, school students in Cooktown, staff at Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, members of the Traditional Owner Reference Group in Mackay and as always the many community members choose to volunteer their time!
Read more “Many Hands Make Light Work – March Monitoring Completed!”
Some of Australia’s most famous fishers are taking to social media to challenge the recreational fishing industry to Look After Your Tackle and tie better knots in a bid to reduce fishing line litter entering the nation’s waterways.
The ReefClean Look After Your Tackle campaign is a joint initiative from OzFish and Tangaroa Blue. The campaign will see some of Australia’s finest recreational fishing influencers and personalities challenging each other to tie the fastest FG Knot to raise awareness about litter in our local waterways.
Read more “Famous fishers cast social challenge to tackle litter”
It’s one of those things that non-smokers just don’t understand – why smokers can’t just bin their butts. But no matter how many bins, signs, fines and campaigns that are implemented internationally, the old cigarette butt still holds the number one position in the most littered item list.
