Off the Phuket beach, about 20 volunteer fishermen equipped with underwater products, knives, nets, and books swim down to collect discarded fishing traps, recording data during recovery missions. Additionally, they are encouraging another recreational divers to meet their group.
The team also collects abandoned nets from around 500 fishing.
The debris is sorted and weighed and, where feasible, sent for disposal. EJF has collected around 130 tonnes of used fishing gear from nearby fishing areas along Thai coastal regions and recovered them into new products.
In one instance, a dying turtle is discovered on the beach and taken for a postmortem by marine professionals. Pieces of wire and plastic are contained inside its belly.
Plastic spend is one of the primary causes of endangered marine animals washing ashore right now, according to Patcharaporn Kaewmong, the director of Phuket’s marine evacuation center.
” Waste control is a very big trouble. ”