Combating Marine Debris Seven members of GLUG (Great Lakes Underwater Group) spent Friday 28th September cleaning up the Tuncurry break wall from the Rock Pool to under Forster Bridge. The group had a bag each but this was soon filled with lots of debris ranging from fishing tackle, line, rods and lures, to chairs, plastic pipe, bottles and even a mobile phone. The group carries out this clean-up twice yearly and were very disappointed to the huge amount of man-made debris that finds its way into our magnificent waterway. There was debris from the recreational fishermen as well as a lot of pipe, rope and long line gear from the fishing fleet located along the edge. Generally, people are becoming much more aware of the need to preserve our water ways for our future generations. There are still a few who don’t seem to care. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there and that it doesn’t have a huge impact on the environment. It does and time will only tell how much. Anita Toland