Sea monster touring beaches to highlight plastic pollution
WE’RE going to need a bigger beach!
A giant 20m-long sea monster is currently touring the Welsh coast and appearing on beaches.
Made entirely from plastic waste found in our oceans, this seafaring beast, known as Cragen, is the creation of the Cardigan-based Small World Theatre company to raise awareness of the harm single-use plastic is having on our marine life.
Plastic is a massive issue in all oceans now. Last month, WalesOnline reported that Wales’ only community of killer whales, known as the West Coast Community, face extinction “in our lifetimes” due to plastic.
This weekend marks the launch of the Coasts Alive summer campaign for Visit Wales as part of 2018’s Year of the Sea.
Beach-goers in Aberporth were among the first in Wales to catch a glimpse of the Welsh sea monster, on the first leg of its Clean Seas tour around the Welsh coast.
So, where can you see the monster? Funded through the Welsh Government Tourism Product Innovation Fund (TPIF), Cragen and its clean seas message will be visiting another six locations across Wales as part of the Visit Wales Coasts Alive campaign:
■ July 27– Tenby North Beach, Pembrokeshire;
■ August 3 – Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire;
■ August 12 – Aberystwyth Sea to Shore Festival;
■ August 17 – The Parrog, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire;
■ August 19 – Newquay, Ceredigion; and shores.
■ September 2 – Beaumaris, Isle “Our 230 beaches boast more of Anglesey. Blue Flags per mile than anywhere
Minister for Culture, Tourism else in Britain which, together with and Sport, Lord Elis-Thomas said: our 870-mile Wales Coastal Path “In 2018 we’re celebrating Wales’ and reputation for outdoor pursuits, outstanding coastline and the Visit makes Wales a world-class Wales Coasts Alive campaign offers destination. The Cragen Sea Monster a summer-long programme of special tour is an opportunity to celebrate events and attractions to our coastal communities as encourage visitors to discover well as highlight the duty we all exciting new experiences around have to protect our marine life for
our future generations to enjoy.”