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A clean-up operation in a rocky cove, with a fishing boat hauling a net out of the sea by crane; a diving boat and a small dinghy alongside

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Ghost net clean-up in Bozburun!

In the Çamçalık area of Bozburun and in İnce Boğaz, we cleared abandoned nets and solid waste that were harming the area’s marine life.

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Removed from the sea in November
23large nets

In the Çamçalık area of Bozburun and in İnce Boğaz, we cleared abandoned nets and solid waste that were harming the area’s marine life.

Clean-up at an underwater excavation site

The pollution caused when an aquaculture company that operated before 2010 left the area without removing any of its waste, dumping it all into the sea, was seriously threatening marine life and archaeological sites.

From September to November

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