Clean-up retrieves oyster trays

A clean-up of Paddys Channel and Mangrove Island has retrieved 200 decaying oyster trays in wet and windy conditions on Friday, March 1.

The clean-up, which went ahead with the help of a number of Brisbane Waters Foreshore Program volunteers and school bushcraft teachers, saw the removal of a large amount of oyster litter.

However, a number of Brisbane Water Secondary College students were unable to attend due to the weather.

Over 200 decaying oyster trays were retrieved, which coordinator Mr Graham Johnston said "were extremely difficult to remove due to their conditions and dense mangroves surrounding their position".

The group had the assistance of two oyster barges thanks to local oyster growers Simon Funnel and Warren Harvey.

Gosford Council trucks also completed three trips with 1.8 tonne weighed in at Woy Woy Waste Disposal.

Fifty trays and an old boat hull were left on Mangrove Island to be removed at a later date.

Media Release, 1 Mar 2013

Graham Johnston, MacMasters Beach