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British Divers Marine Life Rescue boat crew carry out afloat clean-up of plastic waste

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Padstow, United Kingdom

50.58606, -4.938955

British Divers Marine Life Rescue is a UK charity which is dedicated to the welfare of marine wildlife in distress around the UK coast.  This plastic debris was collected during a boat training tasking for 4 volunteer Marine Mammal Medics (including 1 PADI MSDT, 1 PADI OWSI and 1 PADI Master Scuba Diver).  Floating plastic fishing net, sheeting and other materials were spotted from the boat and picked up for disposal onshore.  As well as making for a cleaner ocean, collecting debris from a boat is an excellent way to practice picking up divers or a man overboard (MOB).  As volunteer marine mammal medics, collecting plastic debris like this helps us prevent wildlife distress instead of responding to it. 

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