150 bags of approximately 4,000kgs of rubbish were removed from Costa Fragata yesterday, World Ocean Day.  The big clean up will be of great benefit to the nesting turtles who will start coming ashore in the next few days.  The clean up was a joint effort incorporating the European expatriate community, SOS Tartarugas, WWF, Camara Municiapl do Sal, the Adventist church, the armed forces and many other individuals.  The majority of the rubbish is washed up on the east coast from Africa and from fishing boats.  The vast majority of the rubbish removed is fishing net and discarded plastic items.

Rubbish on the beaches can deter turtles from nesting and hinders hatchlings on their way to the sea.