Falmouth Basket Shark aims to raise sea pollution awareness
He added the year-long project had been set up to highlight the dangers of plastic and marine pollution with a "carbon-neutral but high-impact" design.The project involved other groups including Plastic Free Mylor, the National Maritime Museum, the Shark Trust and Surfers Against Sewage, who worked alongside Mr Cameron and students to develop the shark.
He added he was delighted with how the project had gone and been able to let "voices be heard" on an important subject."It's a creative project, but underneath it all there's this larger conversation about plastic in the sea," Mr Cameron said."With all projects, you have an idea and plan and hope to bring people along with you and there have been hundreds of voices in making this shark."
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