webfact Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 EU officials stumble on bamboo shark eggs during beach cleaning operation By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun The Nation The ambassador of the European Union, Pirkka Tapiola, and 60 other EU staff took part in a beach cleaning activity on Koh Sak, Pattaya, last Friday and found two hatched eggs of gray bamboo shark on the beach filled with plastic debris. “The fact that we found the eggs is very encouraging,” said Wayne Phillips of Mahidol University International College, who ran a long-term research on marine plastics and the restoration project of coral reefs on Koh Sak. According to him, bamboo sharks are quite tasty and have often been hunted by local fishermen. However, the fishing industry is not their only threat. What worries the marine scientist is the marine plastics – straws, cotton buds, bottle caps, plastic bags, fishing gear, and even a human-size broken trash bin – that the EU ambassador, diplomats and their Thai staff found on the shore side by side with the eggs. Wayne said marine plastics float on the ocean for a long time and absorb marine chemicals, making them smell like food for marine animals. The tasty odour, scientifically called dimethyl sulfide (DMS), makes many marine lives like fish, birds, and sharks mistake plastics for food, he said. Grey bamboo sharks lay eggs on the seaweed, and once the baby hatches, “it will start looking for food, which makes me worry if it is going to eat that [tiny piece of plastic,]” he said. Plastic pollution and marine litter have become a global concern. Across the world, plastics make up as much as 85 per cent of beach litter, EU Ambassador Pirkka Tapiola said. If the current trends continue, there could be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050, he said. “We need to be conscious every time we take a plastic bag from the shops and every time we take a straw, it is very likely that they will end up in the marine environment,” he said. The EU recently adopted the European Strategy for Plastics to reduce plastic waste. It aims to extract maximum value from all products and waste through greater recycling and reuse and promotion of sustainable consumption. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30356418 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-10-15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted October 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, webfact said: straws, cotton buds, bottle caps, plastic bags, fishing gear, and even a human-size broken trash bin – that the EU ambassador, diplomats and their Thai staff found on the shore side by side with the eggs Little Seahorse was having none of it .. His best new buddy was a cotton bud and besides it helped keep his lug 'oles clean .. Edited October 14, 2018 by Justgrazing Sp 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post champers Posted October 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2018 What the hell has ocean pollution in Thailand got to do with the European Union? Seems like a paid full-time jolly holiday for the 60 members of staff. Do you think there are 60 staff members in your countries' embassy? No wonder people voted for Brexit. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebell Posted October 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2018 39 minutes ago, champers said: 60 staff members in your countries' embassy? They're maybe from the British Embassy with nothing to do now they have no income letters to write? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionigi Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Pity they were using plastic bags to collect the refuse 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 ..these spokespeople should clean up their own backyards before criticizing other countries who are trying their best...who knows what country, craft this rubbish came from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 No problem here folks, just stay off the filthy beaches and stay on the currently ruptured walkways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlycw Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 7:45 AM, champers said: What the hell has ocean pollution in Thailand got to do with the European Union? Seems like a paid full-time jolly holiday for the 60 members of staff. Do you think there are 60 staff members in your countries' embassy? No wonder people voted for Brexit. EU Mandarins' salaries are many times those of the German chancellor or the PM. Even that bearded failed bookseller, Martin Schulz, quickly has become a millionaire... There was a video showing these MEPs sprint through the door, sign in and fly home.d fly home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 60!, Wonder how much that little jaunt cost, the quicker the UK gets out of that club the better. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieter1 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 The ambassador of the European Union, Pirkka Tapiola, and 60 other EU staff took part in a beach cleaning activity on Koh Sak, Pattaya,.... Just this masquerading beiing a ambassador , ... there is no state "EU" so there cant be an EU ambassador! https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/thailand/37994/introducing-our-new-ambassador-ambassador-pirkka-tapiola_en unbelievable- they (who is that?) installed something what they called "EU embassador" in Thailand. Thats what they (who ?) are aiming for: the total end of the sovereign states in Europe and replaced by the central EU state. They (who is that?) never asked the population in these European countries but they are aiming to build this EU state in the last 70 years. and are even planing to replace the original population with non-European people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 5:02 AM, Justgrazing said: Little Seahorse was having none of it .. His best new buddy was a cotton bud and besides it helped keep his lug 'oles clean .. I hear he's keen to form a baton twirling troupe if anyone's interested... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I commend those cleaning the beach, however the problem requires an education based solution and of course a reduction in the manufacture and use of plastics as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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