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Mangaluru: Environmentalist Jeeth Milan Roche and Chethan Bengre, president of the Trawl Boat Union, Dakshina Kannada conducted an initial survey aime.
And we had to showcase these environment sites are at risk. a figure of 20% in terms of debris that you encounter, a figure of 20% in terms of the rise of debris that you encounter, just from the last race in 2018, is pretty astonishing. you speak about things like life attempting to attach itself to the large parts of debris. describe that to us. you know, i had a really shocking expense myself, shocking experience myself, finding these pieces of plastic stuck around parts of the boat and when i climbed into water to cut them off, we actually found they had been in the water for 20 or 30 year...
Going to be in 50 years�* time? it's not possible or sustainable to keep living like this. it's increasing, the amount of ocean debris, so will try to make a change for this. that brings me to the final point where if you are in such such remote areas and witnessing what you are and yet you are in a race and try to win a race as grueling as long as it is, when you're in those places do you almost forget you are in a race and need to win that race because you're looking at something that takes your mind away from the sport of it and turns you to the sustainability of it? exactly, this race is...
Them off, we actually found they had been in the water for 20 or 30 years and there was sort of life and plants and animals trying to grow and turn it into their home, i would say. 0bviously, being tested, it's not suitable for that. it kind of makes you realise that this debris has been in the water at 20 or 30 years, what is the ocean situation going to be in 50 years' time? it's not possible or sustainable to keep living like this. it's increasing the amount of ocean debris so will try to make a change for this. that brinus me try to make a change for this. that brings me to _ try to make a...
Morning. the area you are at right now as the camera guy cleans off the lens will be under water. that particular strip of concrete probably, right? it. >> griff: absolutely, steve. the tide come out now. you can see the ocean debris and last high tide got over this wall and came, obviously, under some of the buildings and that's what they're watching. there is actually a public park as well just south of us extends a little bit farther out. it was really getting hit. and yesterday's high tide around 8:00 p.m. last night. that's the concern. and that's why for the next several hours there real...