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Some good points here guys and it's great to see that the majority do take rubbish home with them.  I was on there pier yesterday when some unfortunate guys had to clean out the lighthouse and the looks on their faces told exactly how it smelt in their as a result of people peeing in the doorway.  The buker is a very productive place to fish and good shelter from the wind but there's very few brave or sane enough to fish there now which anyone who goes on the pier and smells what it's like can understand.  I see council workers walking up the pier with plastic bags clearing rubbish at mackerel season but never see them in the winter.  Does anyone have good contacts with the council who would listen to some kind of petition to get signs and preferably bins put on the pier.  I know this would mean a bit extra work for the workers going and emptying the bins but surely this is better for conservation and our environment.  I very much doubt they will go up there with disinfectant sprays but if they done some tests and see how contaminated the end was it could even be shut down to the public as a health hazzard.  I'm sure that beacause the pier is such a great fishing mark at times that noone would want this.  The only way we can stop it is for EVERYONE to be responsible for their own actions.  People get heavy fines for emptying themselves on the street so why should it be ok to do it there?  People have to understand they are shooting themselves in the foot by seriously risking reducing their fishing spots and killing off the wildlife they are trying to catch.  Anyone can pm me with info and I will do my best to get things rolling as have contacts with the EA.  This also includes all public walkways and not just roker pier. Cheers


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