Cleaning plastics from Moreton Island

AUG 08 2019 · 12:00

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.