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TIDE TIMES DALYELLUP
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WEATHER FOR DALYELLUP
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SLSWA
Our Environmental Partners
South-West and Peel Coastal Management Group
Coastswap aims to assist with Coastal Management
& Planning in the South West and Peel region by acting as a
forum for:
- Exchanging information
- Encouraging collaboration
- Lobbying for resource
- Facilitating regional initiatives
Click here to visit their website
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PROJECT SHORELINES And
The Dalyellup Beach SLSC cares about the environment nad in particular our beach.
The club has a partnership with Project shorelines to help maintain a clean beach environment.
This is a community based project with volunteers walking along the beach throughout the year picking up ocean debris before it washes back into the sea.
The Surf club 4WD utility regularly patrols the beach picking up any larger items and bags of rubbish collected by the volunteers
Why do we do it.
There are numerous man made items washed up on the Shorelines with every winter storm. Collecting and removing these items prevents them from re-entering the ocean where they become a serious threat to sea creatures.
There are two locations in the worlds oceans where debris collects. The size of the ocean covered in debris is about 30% the size of WA. So imagine the whole of the southwest is covered in rubbish. We need to do our bit to stop the ocean pollution. The best approach is not to throw litter on the beach. We also need to be aware our road stormwater on the coast finishes up on the beach.
These areas are caused by ocean currents or gyres
Learn more click Here
The Garbage Patch is located within the
North Pacific
Gyre, one of the five major oceanic gyres.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Eastern Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter
Sources of pollutants
It has been estimated that 80% of the garbage comes from land-based sources, and 20% from ships at sea. Currents carry debris from the west coast of North America to the gyre in about five years, and debris from the east coast of Asia in a year or less. An international project led by Dr. Hideshige Takada of Tokyo University studying plastic pellets from beaches around the world may provide further clues about the origins of pelagic plastic, including that of the Pacific garbage patch
Items Collected
- Boat Radar
- Computer CRT screens
- Fishing net and rope
- Bait binding strap
- Bait cages
- thousands of lollypop sticks
How can you help. Every time you see a bit of debris on the beach take it to the bins at hte carpark.
Every little bit helps save the environment
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