Hi, I am working with a brilliant group, Neptunes Army of Rubbish Collectors. they clear up after hobby anglers but now want to develop a program to reduce the discarded/lost line and fishing weights fouling the Welsh coastline and causing untold problems to local marine life. I reckon this is a prime candidate for some CBSM. Does anyone have any examples of successful projects in other parts of the world? Currently they are planning on running a series of angling education events involving getting children out fishing, teaching them the correct techniques and highlighting the issues
Jo Horsley
Environment Wales Development Officer
Wales
Angling Litter
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thank you all for the comments, it really not commercial fishing we are interested in so not nets etc. but hobby fisherman, it is the most popular hobby in Britain apparently. Have a look on their web site its very interesting the work they currently do in underwater litter picking,
http://www.narc-cc.org.uk/
Jo Horsley
Environment Wales Development Officer
Wales
Hi
I'd suggest taking a values-focused approach to educating and influencing the anglers. They will likely place a high value on having a clean, unpolluted environment to fish in, and one which supports lots of healthy fish, so your communications would be best to focus on that, which will tap into their self-interest. This should have more weight than a message asking them to preserve the environment for the environments sake, which can be construed as greenies lecturing anglers.
Tim Cotter
Awake
Australia
www.awake.com.au
Hi,
Check out Ghost Nets Australia at ghostnets.com.au
This program crosses borders, involves indiginous people, education etc and has won awards over here for their work.
Katya
eo
Environmental Projects Officer
Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
Australia
I suggest contacting Knut Werner Alsén [[email protected]] at the Runde Research Centre (Runde Island, Norway), who works with a network of similar stations including one in Scotland addressing ´ghost fishing´ debris.
Michael Stanley-Jones
Public Information Officer
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Switzerland
Hi, Jo and Carol
The Runde Environment Centre on Runde Island, Norway, is working on "ghost fishing". Runde is part of a network of North Sea research institutions, which include a Scottish centre (sorry not to recall its name). I suggest contacting Knut Werner Alsén, Communication Officer at Runde Environment Centre - [email protected]. Knut is also working with Runde´s Science Park Zakynthos collaboration between Norwegian and Greek research groups.
Michael Stanley-Jones
Public Information Officer
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Switzerland
We would also like to know if such programs exist. Rivers and shorelines here are also littered with nylon line, rusty tackle, and food containers. During spring floods, some of it becomes tangled in trees--posing a new hazard for birds.
Carol Powers
Grant Writer
Goodwin College
United States
it's great that you are focusing on education rather than just cleaning up. Fishing in my part of the world has changed dramatically with many fishers that used to overfish now practising 'catch and release'. so I think there is definitely hope! i am about to start a behaviour change project focused on gear choice, wildlife interaction avoidance and taking rubbish. the freshwater systems don't get much attention compared to marine so i'm pretty excited about the project. when i put in for the grant, the values-focused approach that Tim mentions was important. sorry i can't comment on the progress of my project yet as it is too soon. all the best
Amanda Blakney
Regional Education Officer
Mildura Regional Waste Management Group
Australia