Parts of Australia face an unprecedented threat as more than 100 bushfires burn across coastal New South Wales and Queensland. Communities on NSW’s mid-north coast and the far north coast are battling the worst of the conditions which have created an orange-red glow over the fire-threatened city of Port Macquarie.
This video tells the story of ten Sea Shepherd volunteers on a remote clean-up at Queensland’s Moreton Island (Moorgumpin) on a mission to find out just how polluted with plastic this remote island is. During the clean-up the volunteers found a dead green sea turtle entangled in discarded fishing gear. Results from the clean-up and microplastic survey showed significant plastic accumulation on the island with over one tonne of marine debris removed from the 21km of beach cleaned.
“Moreton Island is such a beautiful and unique location, home to so many important marine species. It is devastating to see an endangered animal has died from marine pollution; something which could have been avoided” — Campaign Leader Rebecca Griffiths.
