Reporting Marine Litter

Salmon Scotland, the trade body representing Scotland’s salmon producers has set up a reporting mechanism for people to report waste, regardless of the source.

theorkneynews

March 23, 2022

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litter, marine environment, News, plastic, Salmon Scotland

Salmon Scotland, the trade body representing Scotland’s salmon producers has set up a reporting mechanism for people to report waste, regardless of the source. The intention is that salmon farmers close to the location can help remove it.

A dedicated inbox – reportdebris@salmonscotland.co.uk – has been created, and reports should ideally contain a ‘what3words’ exact location and photo.

The information will be collated centrally and reported to local teams for recovery.

The new measures cover the entire area where salmon farms are based – the north-west Highlands, the Western Isles, Argyll and Bute, Shetland and Orkney.

2 responses to “Reporting Marine Litter”

berniebell1955

March 23, 2022 at 7:26 am

Scottish Sea Farms were very helpful. As I say in this article…..

https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/05/09/the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on-bilbo-baggins/

…….whatever you think of fish farming – they were helpful in getting rid of a major lump of rubbish.

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berniebell1955

March 23, 2022 at 12:24 pm

I had an email from someone I know who had read this article, commenting that it would be interesting if they would help clear the ad hoc collections made by the public.
I agreed and answered that the trouble is that well-intentioned people pick up items of rubbish and leave them in a neat little heap – but often it’s not an ‘official’ collecting point with a skip provided, and the stuff just stays there.

Better than it going into the sea, but not ideal.

It’s very good that there is now a method of reporting any of these ‘collections’ we come across – regardless of the source.

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