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An
innovative clean-up program hopes to corral 10,000 pounds of marine debris off
fishing beaches this summer. The collaboration of setnet fishermen, several local processors, and Kodiak's Island
Trails Network plans to hit the beaches near fishing sites and have the debris
hauled back to town by salmon tenders.
KMXT's
Maggie Wall has more.
-- (Setnet Clean-Up 2:43
"The Pilot Setnet...Andy Schroeder. SOC.")
The Pilot Setnet
Beach Clean-up is unique
for a number of reasons, but Island Trails Executive Director Andy Schroeder
offers two-it's all summer long, and it's money in the fishermen's pockets:
-- (Setnet 1 :36
"What we do...any other commodity.")
The Island
Trails Network-ITN for short-works with volunteers to build and maintain trails
around Kodiak Island. It also has a reputation
for collecting a lot of trash-in fact, Schroeder says ITN has collected about
50,000 pounds of marine debris since 2008. He says he expects this year to be
no exception:
-- (Setnet 2 :44 "I
estimate we'll pick up...to make a lot of sense.")
Funding for
this summer's setnet clean-up program comes from the Marine Conservation Alliance,
a Juneau-based coalition of fish harvesters, processors and others, which is
active in sustainability issues.
Schroeder
was in Hawaii
this past spring presenting a paper on the clean-up program at an international
conference on marine debris. He says picking up the trash is just a first step
and he hopes to see Kodiak head more in the direction of Hawaii:
-- (Setnet 3 :40
"And it does...in the world, too.")
The Island Trails Network's Andy
Schroeder.
I'm Maggie
Wall.
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