Marine Debris Collection and Analysis – Southern Moreton Bay Islands
Jacobs Well, qld

Conservation Volunteers are running a community campaign to remove marine debris around the South Moreton Islands. We’ll be teaming up with Ocean Crusaders to reach as many areas as we can and make a real conservation difference. This project requires transportation by boat and has limited space. Therefore please let Conservation Volunteers know or cancel your booking if you can no longer make the project day.

By conducting clean-ups and cataloguing the collected litter the community can identify common items found and where possible work towards a community driven solution to mitigating the impact of plastics in waterways. All debris that is collected from these activities will be recorded and the data will be provided to the Tangaroa Blue Foundation for analysis, a national database on marine debris which helps to identify source polluters.

By combining citizen science with on ground action we will enable people to make valuable contributions to conservation. The data that is collected and stored is valuable to future research and gaining a deeper understanding of a problem through citizen science can facilitate learning and personal change in individuals and drive change in communities.

For volunteers wanting transport, the meeting time is 7:30am at Waminda Street Park, Morningside, where you will be met by a team leader in a Conservation Volunteers Bus. For volunteers making their own way to the project the meeting time is 8:40 am at Jacobs Well, Volunteer Marine Rescue. Please be prompt with the meeting times, as the boat departs from Jacobs Well at 9am for the cleanup.

**Coronavirus (COVID-19)**

Please be advised upcoming projects are being assessed in line with best practice around preventing the spread of the COVID-19 Virus. Our priority is the health of volunteers, our staff and the general public. Projects may still be open to sign onto but please be advised that they may be cancelled, especially those in the immediate future.

If you have;

• flu symptoms,
• have travelled internationally and are under the 14 day quarantine period,
• been in close contact with a confirmed case,
• are considered vulnerable to COVID-19 virus,

please reconsider joining our projects at this time.