The crew of KV Bison has carried out a beach clean-up operation on the coast of Finnmark. Captain Lieutenant Raymond Isehaug is ship commander on the coast guard ship. He states that they have cleared a 2-300 meter shoreline north of Hjelmsøya in Sandfjorden in Måsøy municipality. The crew of the coastguard ship took on board seven full 1,000-litre sacks of rubbish, which was mostly heavy degradable plastic and nylon waste. This amounts to approximately ten cubic meters of waste. In addition to a damaged lateral mark and a quarter wooden barge. – As most others who are also concerned with environmental issues know, this is a widespread problem. There is a lot of rubbish in the sea. On our inspection rounds along the jetties along the Finnmark coast, we see daily that the beaches are full of marine waste, writes Isehaug in an e-mail to news about the beach clean-up action. The clearing of the shoreline in Western Finnmark was a combination of welfare and environmental awareness. Photo: Coast Guard – It’s a win-win situation Raymond Rishaug writes further in an e-mail to news that this is not something that the Coast Guard normally allocates resources to, but that they have many young people who are in for initial duty on board. When the opportunity arises, they try to set aside time for welfare activities. According to the lieutenant captain, these can vary somewhat, from mountain trips to cinema visits, if they were to sail through a port. The reason why they chose to clean the shoreline in Western Finnmark was a combination of welfare and environmental awareness – The choice this time was to go ashore for a few hours and use the opportunity to do something for the environment. The youth and the commander then got to visit an unknown pearl in the sea gap in the north, and at the same time they got to see one of the biggest environmental problems of our time up close, writes the ship’s commander on KV Bison in an e-mail. – It is a win-win situation. In any case, when you also take the opportunity to clean up a little in addition. In that sense, the contribution was a drop in the ocean compared to the effort needed to keep the coast, beaches and oceans free of litter. KV Bison tries to set aside time for welfare activities. This week, beach cleaning was on the agenda. Photo: The Coast Guard – A good feeling to contribute Although it is not an annual tradition for the crew of the KV Bison to clean beaches, Captain Lieutenant Raymond Isehaug states that the Coast Guard is nevertheless involved in several beach clean-up operations in remote locations along the coast throughout the year. They then largely contribute to having the waste transported away from the clearing location to a reception on land. – As a user of the oceans and the coast, it gives a good feeling and being able to contribute, and if it also results in the young people going out into the world a little more environmentally conscious after completing their first service, then we have achieved something positive in any case.
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– One of the biggest environmental problems of our time – news Troms and Finnmark
