Norman Warm, known as “Warm Norm”, said the netting weighed ‘120kg plus’ and described it as ‘ghost netting’ due to its appearance.
Norm founded Beachy Head and Seven Sisters Extreme Plastic Object Removal (BHASSEXPLORE) – a voluntary group that clears plastic from our coastline.
He is looking for ‘six or more strong people’ to help lift the netting on Sunday afternoon (November 8) and ‘two 10 foot scaffolding poles’ to help carry it once it has been hoisted.
Norm said: “This abandoned or lost fishing industry gill netting has washed in at Hope Gap with last week’s storms along with lots of other plastic and synthetic materials, and it needs clearing up before it causes any harm to the marine life or birds that frequent our incredible coastline.
“There are often seals and sometimes dolphins at Hope Gap, and we often see herons and egrets feeding at low tide along with oystercatchers and cormorants, fulmers, black-backed and herring gulls, terns and other birds.
“Any of these animals, as well as crabs and lobsters, could easily get entangled in this almost invisible netting.”
To get in touch with Norm, email [email protected] or go to www.facebook.com/bhassexplore.
1. Eastbourne volunteer calls for help clearing '120kg' of plastic netting from coastline
Warm Norm (left) and another volunteer with the plastic netting. Photo: BHASSEXPLORE