Clean Harbours Initiative Makes Appeal for Volunteers, Support
A small non-profit organization with a big impact says there is one thing holding them back—a lack of funding. Diver and founder of Clean Harbours Initiative, Shawn Bath says they are in need of supplies and volunteers, and they cannot [...]
Clean Harbours Initiative: An Ocean Clean-Up Project
For 20 years, Shawn Bath dove for sea urchins, earning a living off the sea the same way he did as a commercial fisherman before the cod moratorium. While searching out the spiny edibles on the sea bottom, he often [...]
Ottawa announces $8.3M fund to help rid Canadian waters of ghost gear.
DFO says 640,000 tonnes of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear enters the world's oceans every year. Ottawa says it will spend $8.3 million in an effort to rid Canadian waters of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear. The new [...]
Cleaning the Oceans: One Tire at a Time
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Harbour hero: Twillingate scuba diver determined to rid ocean of garbage.
Shawn Bath started a non-profit group called Clean Harbours Initiative. Air bubbles break the water's surface near the government wharf in Bay Roberts, N.L. Under the water, the bubbles come from scuba diver Shawn Bath. He's on the ocean bottom [...]
