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Dealing with all the marine plastic we bring in from remote beaches

Blog 20 February 2025

collaboration

Dealing with all the marine plastic we bring in from remote beaches has always been a challenge for USS. Obviously, we get what we can back into use and we do find ways to re-purpose some items....but there's a lot that we'd love to get recycled.

Rubbish puzzle!

Blog 18 February 2025

(UPDATE: had some messages about thus and it might not be so old after all as these signs are used on fish farm barges still so is another example of fish farm rubbish. This would make sense as there were also feed pipes and other pieces of broken equipment from them present too sadly.)

As part of our remote beach clean on Friday, we got 3 bits of an old sign that put together made this. We think this was from the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001 and shows how plastics last so long even when in the sea. Almost quarter of a century old but largely still as it was, just broken into 3 bits. This was on the coigach coast so quite remote and we're not sure where it started life. Anyone have other ideas?

Fantastic conditions for checking creels

Blog 15 February 2025

Fantastic conditions for checking creels and kids building their boat-handling skills yesterday!

Some very cool scorpion fish about at the moment - proving that the Lobster Dance can actually be adapted to manifest other creel creatures (though that's not something our skipper Noel likes to encourage...)

Thomas back in his happy place this afternoon!

Blog 14 February 2025

On The Sea

Thomas back in his happy place this afternoon! Great to see kids’ boat handling skills coming on with every session.

Look at our amazing new books!

Blog 12 February 2025

So excited to receive this package in the post today…. Thank you to Emma Rosen Books for inscribing them so beautifully for us and inspiring us with your gorgeous artwork and words… these will be a really treasured addition to the Ullapool Sea Savers library.

More pics from yesterday's creeling adventures

Blog 07 February 2025

On The Sea

More pics from yesterday's creeling adventures, including the biggest scorpion fish we've ever seen! 🐡 So great to get out on the loch after school... 😀👌🦞🦀🦐🦭🦅 Please remember to #VoteForTheBoat !

A brilliant afternoon session led by the Seal Pup pod this afternoon!

Blog 05 February 2025

#laybylitterpick

A brilliant afternoon session led by the Seal Pup pod this afternoon! Welcoming two new members, showing them around USS HQ and guiding a wee litter pick. Super satisfying to get a few kilos of plastic out the undergrowth before spring growth kicks in and a great way to get to know each other and plot future sea saving shenanigans. 😁👌