4liters wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:15 pm
Turned up at a local spot and found the people who had fished there yesterday had decided that taking all their **** home with them was beneath their dignity and left the place looking like an absolute brothel.
I didn't catch anything worth keeping so the fish bag got filled with cans, bait bags, half smoked cigarettes and various other crud.
The constant refrain is that it's just a small minority ruining it for everyone but it seems like every popular spot I go to is treated like **** so I'm starting to suspect it's actually quite a large minority.
Anyway, next time fishing gets banned somewhere, instead of blaming greenies or vegans or whatever consider it's probably just ordinary people who are sick of seeing their local bit of coastline constantly getting trashed.
/rant
This is not a solution to the problem, but the “Respect the Bush” campaign is a way the 4wd/camping community are trying keep our land clean, and is gaining momentum.
https://youtu.be/RfrkHK9UW7w
Something similar marketed by fisheries could be take off as well as it has in other communities, instead of big bags, perhaps bags half the size that would be convenient for fishos.
I often pick up rubbish wherever I am, whether I peddle over to it and scoop it out of the water, throw it in a bag I keep in my car wherever I go, or just rubbish on the ground near a bin.
Unfortunately, the scumbags leaving rubbish behind are the only people that can truly resolve this issue, by not littering in the first place. On the flip side, it is good to see the wider community does give a damn, and hopefully cares enough, to keep our land/coastlines accessible for all of us (including the littering flogs) to enjoy.
It’s unfortunate you didn’t bag any dinner, but good on you for keeping one of our many valuable assets healthy
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