Briefing before the clean up

The cleanup begins

Our volunteers get to work - an international effort from Thailand, Denmark, Malaysia, Hungary, UK, US, Singapore, etc. - for a common good.

The area to be cleared

Data logged as well to record what is cleared from the area.

What started as a Coastal Cleanup turned in a mix-cleanup cum rescue operation once the nets were discovered.

Heroic effort by Say Chong to drag out the nets damaging our marine environment.

A number of horseshoe crabs trapped in the nets.

Cutting the nets into smaller pieces to make it easier to get them out of the mudflats to prevent more animals from getting trapped.

Cutting the nets into smaller pieces to make it easier to get them out of the mudflats to prevent more animals from getting trapped.

A small piece of the larger net removed by Jody & his mother

Matha & Adam with more nets

The cleanup is officially over but the volunteers kindly stayed back to free the trapped animals.

Can you imagine how complicated it is to disentangle the trapped animals despite this being a "smaller" piece of the net?

One of 2 buckets of horseshoe crabs freed from the nets.

This little fella was found to have lost his claws after being cut out from the fishing net. They were probably sliced off by the nylon in his struggles to escape.

Almost done!

After a fruitful evening, we end it with a thorough washing up of ourselves, the equipment and the area kindly allocated to us by Umoe Schat-Harding to do our work. Thank you everyone for your help!