Updated: Turtle eggs gone, but beach is littered
The reader who sent the picture above has complained that although the turtle eggs have been removed from Gnejna Bay, the sandbags, netting and stakes have been left lying at the water's edge.
"No one has bothered to clean them up. However the sign about the turtles was removed. Other people were also taking photos, it's a disgrace!" the reader said.
MEPA REACTION
In a reaction, Mepa said in a statement that following the removal of the eggs from Gnejna Bay on Friday September 7, the PARKS division within the Resources Ministry dismantled and removed from on the site the protective structures used during the 79 day hatching period.
"The debris in the photo is part of the protective structure whichwas damaged and washed out to sea during the latest storms. Today the Authority requested the PARKS division to remove this debris which came back onto the Gnejna shores in recent days," the authority said.
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Steve Zammit
Sep 18th 2012, 11:29
fejn konna bqajna
Charlie DeBattista
Sep 18th 2012, 08:33
It is very ironic that the structure was established to protect the turtle eggs however if it ends up in the sea it can be deadly for turtles.
George Briffa
Sep 18th 2012, 12:49
Why we Maltese are so hard on ourselves after all MEPA did give a good excuse ooops reason why the structure reapeared back on the beach. Fpr crying out loud is there no one to supervise such issue
A.f Ellul
Sep 18th 2012, 05:18
Something that is normal in Malta,first have many scenes , after have bad examples.We never learn.
B Attard
Sep 17th 2012, 20:08
A very good example from our egg-xperts in Mepa. Hope that soon there will be a reasonable re-shuffle and all these MR. KNOW ALL get fired and give us a break.
Colin Hamer
Sep 17th 2012, 19:47
Yes MEPA, Nature Trust (Malta) or whoever should have cleared it up but that doesn't take away every one's responsibility ....if you see stuff pick it up dispose of it responsibility ....you can't always expect someone else to do everything ....getting involved doesn't mean you have to join an organisation it just means getting off your backside and doing instead of just criticising.
Franco Farrugia
Sep 17th 2012, 17:47
MEPA, .... just who are you kiddin'?
Lawrence Fenech
Sep 17th 2012, 17:05
Someone did bother to clean up "the turtle's eggs".
victor bonello
Sep 17th 2012, 16:55
LOL... what a joke- hopefully the turtle will return too.
j dough
Sep 17th 2012, 16:54
it seems the debris was washed out and in during the storms...plausable.
Peter Shaw
Sep 17th 2012, 16:14
@dwardu Ellul, get a life!!! I was joking !!! How pathetic of you ,how sad :))
Christina Pace
Sep 17th 2012, 15:54
WOW! Seriously WOW! These idiots want to teach us that this kind of waste in the sea kills turtles?
Mario Camilleri
Sep 17th 2012, 15:33
And yet dogs are not allowed to bathe with swimmers!!
C 02 - Riviera Martinique from rocks on opposite side of beach
C 03 - Riviera Martinique from jetty at the bottom of stairs - https://ehealth.gov.mt/HealthPortal/public_health/environmental-health/health_inspectorate/env._hlt._risk_management/official_bathing_zones.aspx
Prosit ħafna. Biex jagħmlu kollox il-kontra l-ewwel jieħdu l-awtoritajiet Maltin.
Victor Rodenas
Sep 17th 2012, 15:29
Yesterday on TV I saw turtle eggs being dug up and placed in an inclosed place to protect them,they all hatched and afterwards they released them into the sea. My conclusion is that our small beaches (the sand) are polluted.Tests are made on seawater but not on sand,where youngsters and babies play.
J. Camilleri
Sep 17th 2012, 15:05
Proset tassew !!!!!!...probbali ma kinux jafu ma liem kategorija ta skart separat jidhol !!!!!!
Jeffrey Mallia
Sep 17th 2012, 14:45
And who was responsable for cleaning up the site ?? Nobody........as usual !!
R. Cilia
Sep 17th 2012, 14:29
Turtle eggs bye bye, litter remains LOL!
John Borg
Sep 17th 2012, 14:18
What a bunch of fools. mepa personnel left them there on purpose so that if a turtle decides to breed it will seek a safer place from their hands, so that they won't have to relocate the eggs again! The mepa staff who left them there should be fired for littering!
Billie Watson
Sep 17th 2012, 14:12
Yes it is a disgrace some pictures are apparently circulating in some British and foreiga nature magazines and Malta is at the centre of it all. No good for the Maltese image now is it., cause we've already seen worse pictures in our local newspapers regarding how some of you people treat your dogs.
marthese schembri
Sep 17th 2012, 16:57
There is no answer to that cause its true to the word. The little lion sometimes tends to get fierce on smaller animals then him.
Matthew Grima
Sep 18th 2012, 14:06
"some of you people treat your dogs."
Kindly list down the number of murders committed every year. How many children are killed, how many women raped. How many animal abuse cases you had. How many robberies, knife crimes, the list goes on.
The only correct part of your rant is that "some" of us treat our dogs badly. It is not an image of the country but an image of the person harming their dog.
Philip Pace
Sep 17th 2012, 14:08
All the precautions where taken when the turtle beached here. The nets etc were all fixed but now..........
Philip Pace
Sep 17th 2012, 14:06
To Mr.Felix Attard,
What a silly comment!
Francis Bonello
Sep 17th 2012, 13:41
Hi x'wahda din....biex qed tistaghabu...mela mhux Malta qedin!!
Felix Attard
Sep 17th 2012, 13:27
How right was that Italian . Maltese potato pickers .
glenn buhagiar
Sep 17th 2012, 13:56
no he was not right, considering that lot more serious things happen in italy, and related to this article you have to watch the italian news of the last years about litter mr felix attard.
Marvin Muscat
Sep 17th 2012, 13:11
Another Island in the Mediterranean
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-cyprus-safe-haven-turtles.html
M Grima
Sep 17th 2012, 12:41
Typical GonziPN's style of management or rather mismanagement. Everyone can rest assured that by tomorrow everything will disappear because bad publicity hurts these people, especially when they try to give the mistaken impression that they are the perfect lot. However, bringing such inefficiencies to the fore is the only way to battle this sleepy government.
Denis Pace
Sep 17th 2012, 13:37
It takes a small mind to politicise this.....having said that, one might say that they were labourite employees who want to sabotage.
This is RIDICULOUS.
What one should say that, when it comes to a Civic Sense ...we are 3rd World............
B Ellul
Sep 17th 2012, 13:41
Once JM is PM, he'll surelly make sure that the beach is cleaned up.... hehe
Anne Farrugia
Sep 17th 2012, 14:11
B Ellul I'm sure JM will go for a Sunday drive with his wife & twins. His wife will jot down what needs to be done. There was another Labour minister, God rest his soul, who said he'd do that. Remember him? Have a nice day!
J Cauchi
Sep 17th 2012, 14:53
Mur ara what this has to do with GonziPN!!!! Why do you need to politicise everything?
Andrew James Brown
Sep 17th 2012, 12:27
enviromentalists - you are all looking like idiots today.
C Cassar
Sep 17th 2012, 12:20
How long would it take to clean this up? 10-15mins? So why don't those taking photos actually do something useful and pick up the material left and put it in/next to the bins by the kiosk? Or is this the typical Maltese way of doing things, taking photos and blaming the 'authorities"? Why do Maltese citizens NEVER lift a finger when it comes to the environment? In not doing so, they have no right to complain whatsoever.
Come on, 10 mins clearing it up and the problem is gone.
Philip Grech
Sep 17th 2012, 12:59
Kieku kellu jarani xi wiehed bhalek li dejjem isibu skuzi ghall-gvern, ibqa cert li kien icempel ghax hemm xi hadd qed jisraq propjeta tal-mepa/gvern.
G Caruana
Sep 17th 2012, 12:18
are these the same people that preached about turtles getting entangled in nets?
K Mizzi
Sep 17th 2012, 13:07
probably yes! well said Caruana
Joseph N. Attard
Sep 17th 2012, 12:12
This is typical of many projects in Malta. Metal barriers are left lying by the side of the road when no longer in use, temporary street signs are left behind, traffic cones litter streets, etc. Obviously, private contractors are not party to such waste. It is mostly govt. or parastatal employees who cannot be bothered. And they do so because of our endemic lack of individual responsiblity. Which brings me to sleeping policemen which now infest our streets. Guess which vehicles drive over them at speed, regardless of potential damage to suspensions?
A. Sciberras
Sep 17th 2012, 13:00
and it all comes out of our taxes...
Ivan Tabone
Sep 17th 2012, 12:09
Well done! Great example from the authorities involved in this issue!
First we tamper with mother nature just because we are better informed on egg laying techniques than a turtle. Then when the eggs don't hatch we leave it up to mother nature to clear up for us.
Very well done! I bet only TODAY will we see someone clearing up, after this photo was published.
Jeremy Gambin
Sep 17th 2012, 12:08
unbelievable
A. Sciberras
Sep 17th 2012, 12:05
Typical political approach. Where there is no media hype don't worry about cleaning up!
john gauci
Sep 17th 2012, 11:56
Guys
Come on. Is it not obvious. They have been left there in preparation for the next turtle delivery.
Peter Shaw
Sep 17th 2012, 11:51
Maybe it is the responsibility if St Paul's Bay local council LOLOL not MEPA's :))
Dwardu ellul
Sep 17th 2012, 12:18
So pathetic to blame it on St.Paul's Bay Local council, PN propaganda machine with futile conclusion. Amazing Mr. Shaw how I always observe, at all times you try to shun Pl but sorry to say, it's not working, only in your dreams.
Matthew Grima
Sep 18th 2012, 14:02
Mr Ellul, it's called sarcasm.
R. Gauci
Sep 17th 2012, 11:48
Forsi thallew hemm ghax biodegradable :) ??
anthony sultana
Sep 17th 2012, 11:43
They are waiting for mother nature to clean it.typical government businees.
R Axisa
Sep 17th 2012, 13:54
If this is the case, they should have also left the eggs exactly where the turtle had laid them by mother nature!
Mario Camilleri
Sep 17th 2012, 11:33
MEPA please note!!
Victor Pulis
Sep 17th 2012, 11:29
Who was responsible for putting up the netting? i hope this is not another excuse for a ping pong game!..Even if the net is provided this time.
fred sammut
Sep 17th 2012, 11:29
is soltu u nahseb ahjar hallewhom f posthom il bajd. Jew inkella la iccaqalqu immishom haduhom f inkubatur!!
imbghad konna nitilqu 56 fekruna mil gnejna
C Muscat
Sep 17th 2012, 11:47
Hekku. 100%
Andrew Grech
Sep 17th 2012, 12:34
10 /10 My friend. completely agree !!
A. Mifsud
Sep 17th 2012, 12:53
How dare you, contradict the egg-eggsperts??!!
... about the littering it something to be expected no?? See the mess after any organised activity, or infrastructural works. Unfortunately this curse is ingrained!
victor bonello
Sep 17th 2012, 16:57
agreed 100%
MARK MIFSUD BONNICI
Sep 17th 2012, 11:28
is this part of leaving our environment in its' natural state according to our environmentalists? Perhaps they're all laying their own eggs elsewhere!!
D Borg
Sep 17th 2012, 13:47
so hunters are not environmentalists any longer......there's finally some light at the end of the tunnel!
Sylvana Zarb Darmanin
Sep 17th 2012, 18:24
D Borg, what exactly do you want to mean by your comment?! I can just imagine what the reaction would have been had hunters been responsible for such a shameful situation!! It appears that your obsession is not letting you see things for what they really are! The above situation (and that is the topic) here, is shameful indeed. I would expect you to be man / woman enough to condemn whoever is responsible for such a thing!
MARK MIFSUD BONNICI
Sep 18th 2012, 09:43
@ D Borg. Hunters have always been excluded from all conservation projects including the turtle egg farce. Judging by the mess made with these eggs we thank God for not involving ourselves.
Please choose the reason of your report below: