Fishermen’s filth

I am so disgusted by the the disrespectful attitude displayed by local fisherman on the Dolphin Coast.

Last week I took my dogs for a walk on Zinkwazi beach, which has always been a beautiful stretch of coast.

However, this time I was appalled to see the amount of rubbish that littered the beach.

Unfortunately this was not just in one place – periodic middens of fishermen’s filth was strewn all along the shore.

What made it worse is that there are bins placed at all the entrances to the beaches, empty bins that these lazy, disrespectful individuals walked right past in order to get back to their cars.

Are these grown men so pathetic that they are incapable of picking up their own mess?

Sadly, this is not just happening in Zinkwazi but all along our beaches.

Piles of gut, hooks, bait, boxes and other rubbish is left behind to destroy the sea-life that supports their fishing hobby.

I would like to suggest that from now on, people visiting the beach take two bags with them – one for your own use or to pick up any trash you might find and the second one to give to any fisherman you might pass along the way.

Don’t be shy to spend some time explaining to them why cleaning up after themselves is important because from all available evidence, they obviously don’t know!

At best they’ll appreciate the concern and at worst they might be shamed into behaving like responsible grown ups.

We are all responsible for the condition of our beaches and the state they are currently being left in paints us all in a shameful light.

CATHERINE THATE

Salt Rock