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Join Tampa Bay Watch and Audubon Florida for this annual volunteer event! Our goal is to remove hazardous monofilament lines from mangrove shorelines. Monofilament or “mono,” is a fancy word for the commonly used plastic fishing line. It has great fishing utility, but can take over 600 years to break down, and poses serious threats to birds and other wildlife. Improperly discarded mono and fishing gear leads to wildlife entanglement, accidental hooks, and ingestion. Program suitable for volunteers 16 and over. This will be a do-it-yourself event, where participants will travel out to their designated location by personal boat/other watercraft any day between October 4th - October 18th to target shorelines where cast line has been caught in the treeline. Volunteers will compile the recovered monofilament to be collected, cleaned, and recycled. Register online at https://41207a.blackbaudhosting.com/41207a/2021-Island-Monofilament-Cleanup