The Connecticut Post Online - Hot, humid night turns magical: "Anglers take a great bounty from Long Island Sound water each year. And it's not just the beautiful fish we take home for the table. It's the hours and hours of recreation and relaxation we get from fishing. One great way for us to repay some of the huge debt we owe Long Island Sound is to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup.
Last year more than 60 percent of the litter cleaned up was from land-based recreational activities, such as picnicking, and 30 percent of the items were generated from smoking-related activities. Also found were bait boxes and hook wrappers, plastic tackle containers, balls of discarded monofilament line and other debris left behind by thoughtless shore and boat anglers.
'The International Coastal Cleanup is so more than just a cleanup,' said Emily Schaller, Connecticut state coordinator for the ICC at Save the Sound. 'It's a movement to change human behavior to stop litter at its source,'
Anglers, or anyone who wants to get involved with a beach cleanup, can join the event at a beach in their town. Save the Sound hosts cleanups all year long in coastal beaches as well as inland shores throughout Connecticut. A schedule of local beach cleanups is available on www.savethesound.org, or call Schaller at 787-0646, Ext.113. Let's get out there and start paying back."
