Nesebar municipality seabed cleanup (Bulgaria)

Shortly after 10am on 16 May 2012, five properly equipped, volunteer divers gathered at the Nessebar harbour in the old town to remove marine litter from the port. This was the second year that this campaign was organised, and the Managing Board of the Bulgarian Federation of Water Sports decided that all 12 clubs, from   Varna, Burgas, Devnya, Primorsko, Shabla, and Sozopol would participate.
The campaign was organised within the framework of the national initiative ‘Let’s Do It, Bulgaria!’. Around 50 children from 3rd and 4th grades who take swimming lessons at the ‘Crown’ swimming club also participated.

During the 2012 campaign over 2 tonnes of litter were removed from the Black Sea near the Port of Nessebar.

 

Facts

Place / Location Bulgaria, Nessebar, Black Sea
Commencement Date 16 May 2012
Duration on-off
Theme Mitigation, Awareness (Cross-cutting)
Type of Initiative Practice/ Activity/ Action, Campaign
Initiated by Nesebar Municipality
Involved Stakeholders Nesebar citizens and divers’s clubs
Funding/Financial Support No
Success Rate Very successful
Case Study prepared by

Mariana Kancheva

UBBSLA ( MARLISCO partner 13)

e-mail: office@ubbsla.org

Submitted by

Mariana Kancheva

UBBSLA ( MARLISCO partner 13)

e-mail: office@ubbsla.org

Available documentation and further information

http://vashiatglas.com/news/view/5/1107/

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