Letter for Monday, July 26, 2021
Monday, July 26, 2021 12:05 am
Items left behind at beach likely to become ocean trash
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The area OP is talking about being encroached upon is called the upper mid-littoral zone which is submerged usually only during high tide. Any human debris and let’s face it, any, human possession, or, artifact(s) is/are nothing but ‘debris objects’ to nature, and will become a hinderence at best. or hazzard. at worse when it interacts with the environment, including natural wildlife, after it is abandoned in the upper mid-littoral zone location. A possible solution would be to require people to engrave or affix permanent labels to the material objects they just have to have with them when they disturb nature. People inclined to abandon there stuff, because of sloth, will think 2 and three times if there litter becomes evidence in a court of law after it is traced back to them.
Richard, anyone who is oblivious enough to leave their ukana on the beach is not going to mark it with their name.
That is why we need to make this a law and enforce it. Set an example and people will care more about obeying the rules. If not for being a good citizen; then for avoiding heavy fines,