ALBAA Jervis Bay Environmental Action The Tubes

26 July 2008

After a quiet weekend fishing at the iconic 'Outer Tubes' platform in Jervis bay an ALBAA member brought to the attention of all the members the issue of rubbish on the ALBAA Ledge Care internet forum and an event was scheduled post haste.

The 'Tubes' is steeped in LBG history and the maintenance of this area is always very high on the local JB team’s mind! In an effort to react as fast as possible the team made the necessary arrangements with Clean Up Australia and local management body, in this case the Navy.

Daylight saw five anglers on the ledge with fishing the number one on the priority list of things to do initially. The lads faired well with several fish taken which made a nice change given the fishing at majority of recent Ledge Care events had been quiet to say the least.

The clean up itself took place post fishing and to our delight the area was in better condition than initially reported. It seems a group of responsible anglers had made the trip down for a fish prior to the ALBAA event and had done a reasonable job of sprucing the place up. Now this is great news!

A large part of these events for ALBAA has been to have members on the ledge early in the day. Not only are ALBAA members cleaning up rubbish, they’re also demonstrating stewardship whilst on a level playing field to other anglers on the day. This is significant and appears the approach is starting to have a tangible affect on others.

Some general littler was still removed as well as a general tidy up of the access tracks from the car park as has become standard practice for these events.