After seven days of cleaning just over 20 kilometres of coastline, the team of rangers and volunteers has managed to remove 10.1 tonnes of marine debris
WITHDRAWAL OF ITEMS FROM THE AUCTION: L.W
For example, if the lake is covered in moss and foliage, I'll use a floating or neutral buoyant bait so it comes off the bottom a few inches, this ensure my bait won't be hidden in the moss
But as SoCal anglers will tell you, conventional gear casts iron (a type of metal jig) farther than any spinner
For those of you who are against the use of beach seines, think about these facts: You can only use a beach seine up to shoulder height in the water, any deeper and you will drown Beach seines gently drag along the sea floor, they do not scrape up the bottom because the weights are not heavy enough The legal size of the netting at 2 inches stretched does not "gill" fish Juvenile fish species can easily escape Florida legal nets, preserving inshore nursery habitats Beach seine nets cannot be dragged over rocks or coral reefs, they would get ripped apart, so these nets do not destroy reefs The laws and regulations are made by governing boards on both the State and Federal levels, including input from marine biologists, natural resource divisions - both federal and state, ecologists, and scientists
