20 May 2026, Wed

Divers pull up massive discarded fishing line during Veċċja clean-up

From Times of Malta

Divers carrying out an underwater clean-up at Veċċja Point in St Paul’s Bay on Monday pulled up a massive tangled fishing line that had been discarded and left at the bottom of the sea.

Environmentalist and scuba diver Raniero Borg led a team of divers, with the help of volunteers from GO, who spent much of the morning pulling up litter from the bottom of the sea.

With the help of a dinghy, the divers scoured the bay in the popular mooring area, picking up litter that had found its way to the seafloor.

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