Lundie Spence, Ph.D., COSEE SE Presentation at SCMEA October 14, 2007 Design Credit: Z. Norris ost and Courier Special Issue ublished August 29,2007 Is this educat ion? Should students care? What can we all do? What’s the problem?
Lundie Spence, Ph.D., COSEE SE Presentation at SCMEA October 14, 2007 Design Credit: Z. Norris Post and Courier Special Issue Published August 29,2007.
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Lundie Spence, Ph.D., COSEE SEPresentation at SCMEA
October 14, 2007
Design Credit: Z. Norris
Post and Courier Special IssuePublished August 29,2007
Is this education?
Should students care?
What can we all do?
What’s the problem?
Find the problems on this beach.
Color plastic red
Color metal purple
Color glass blue
Color rubber yellow
Why Should You Care?
• Wildlife Entanglement
• Human Safety
• Navigational Hazards
• Tourism Images/Economics
• Personal Pride
What’s happening to Wildlife?
What is marine debris?
Recreational and Commercial GearPots, nets, linesMonofilament fishing lineFishing tackle
Abandoned VesselsRecreational BoatsCommercial BoatDocks
LitterPlasticsMetalPaper, Wood, Any produced item left in the environment
What is the source of litter?
Photo Credit: W. Golder
Consequences of Abandoned & Lost Fishing Gear
Solutions to Monofilament Line:
Recycle Recover Reuse Rescue
Credit: SCDNR
Credit: SCSGCRecreational Fishing Line Recycling Bins
Consequences of Abandoned Pots—“By catch” of Diamondback Terrapins
Diamondback Terrapins (DBT) can drown in abandoned crab pots.Credit: M. Hoyle
Hundreds of DBTs drowned in 8 unchecked commercial fyke nets in Maryland.
Solutions:Install “ByCatch Reduction Devices” (BRD),
mark and secure pots, check frequently
Abandoned Vessels in waterways and tidal creeks
Solution: Find/fine the owner; remove at state and federal expense
Credit: L SpenceCredit: SCDHEC
SC Dolphins wearing packing tape
Litter: A life or death issue for marine mammals
Credit: Wayne McFee
Credit: Wayne McFee
SC DolphinTrailing Fishing gear
Bryde’s Whale: Necropsy reveals Stomach contents with plastic bags
Educational Video: “Death of A Whale” Environmental Media, Beaufort, SC Credit: NOAA
Humpback Whale: Badly entangled fluke with commercial fishing gear.
Right Whale entanglement
Litter Lifetimes
Poster COSEE SE
South Carolina Beach Sweep/River Sweep
September 2008
Classroom Ideas
Test the strength of fishing line: Put a rubber and on a your fingers as a bird’s beak.
Thanks for Your Support
Charleston Post and Courier
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