Milford Haven Waterway - April 20 7 volunteers. Thorn Island – 2 volunteers & 4 metre viz = 20m of rope / 1 lobster pot. Animals released = 1 lobster. Landing Craft – 2 volunteers & 1 metre viz = 60m of rope / 2 lobster pots. Animals released = 6 edible crab....
Pembrokeshire Marine SAC - April 15 & 16th 6 volunteers. Hen & Chicks – 2 volunteers – 1 metre viz = nothing found. Brandy Bay - 2 volunteers – 1 metre viz = 1 lobster pots. Animals released = 5 crabs. Soldier Rock – 6 volunteers – 2 metre viz = 13 lobster...
Stackpole Quay and Milford Haven SAC - April 9 8 volunteers. Stackpole Quay – 6 volunteers – 1 metre viz = 128 angling weights / 3 lures / 25 metres of angling line. Castle Head - 2 volunteers – 1 metre viz = 2 lobster pots. Animals released = 9 edible crabs. Soldier...
Dale - May NARC volunteers spent the day filming for a 4 part series due to air in the autumn, BBC Cymru Wales has announced its most ambitious natural history series to date with a celebration of the unique underwater world off the Welsh coast. Currently under the...
For obvious reasons there was a very limited dive season for NARC in 2020. We did manage some clean-up dives in the middle of the year once COVID19 rules and advice allowed.Sri Lanka - April 2020 NARC were honoured to be invited to Sri Lanka to carry out a number of...
Ysgol Dewi Sant March/April NARC were delighted to be invited to join Ysgol Dewi Sant and 75 pupils as part of environment week. We were able to highlight some of and impacts of marine litter and the many challenges we are leaving for the future generations. The 1...
Stack Rocks - May 5 Departed Dale with 12 volunteers to meet up with local fishers, collaborate and locate lost pots. Stack Rocks – 12 volunteers – 2 metre viz – dive time of 45 mins = 1 lobster pot returned to fisher. Behar – 4 volunteers – 2-3 metre viz – dive...
Skomer MCZ May 5th Our first visit of the year to Skomer Marine Conservation Zone saw us visit the angling ledges of Low Point. Low Point - 9 volunteers – 3 meter viz – dive time of 45 mins = 92 lead weights / 147 lures / angling line / 1 bottle. The second dive of...
Distribute updated tackle tips leaflets Narc working with a range of partners developed some tackle tips leaflets to assist anglers at hotspots where gear is commonly lost. We have updated these for 2016 and circulated to NRW and the National Trust at Stackpole and...
Folly Farm April 20th Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn Special School in Swansea have chosen to raise awareness and money for NARC in a new book aimed at helping children when visiting Folly Farm. NARC attended the book launch and look forward to working with the school in the...
Folly Farm April 5th Press Release Penguins team up with NARC divers to protect marine life We were please to visit Folly Farm in April who are raising awareness and money for NARC in a new partnership. The tourist attraction, which recently housed 24 endangered...
Long Mathew Point/Barafundle Ledges 06 April The dedication/slight madness that seems to be thriving in NARC volunteers was evident again at a cold start to our 2103 clean-up campaign. Whilst the sane amongst us were donning hats and scarves 11 volunteers jumped on...