The world's first “fish cemetery” is organized in the city of Kozhikode on the southwestern Malabar coast in the Indian state of Kerala. Environmental activists organized it at Beypore Beach in protest against the pollution of the oceans by plastic waste.
The cemetery was built in honor of eight endangered marine species: the seahorse, hammerhead shark, parrotfish, leatherback turtle, eagle ray, dugong, sawfish, zebra shark and a Cheliyar-native fish species known as ‘Miss Kerala’.
The initiative was organised by Jellyfish Watersports, with the support of Clean Beach Mission, the Kozhikode district administration and Beypore Port Department, and climate activist Aakash Ranison.
On the cape, which protrudes into the sea, real gravestones of plastic bottles and other rubbish are built. Under them lie the victims of this, literally, ecological disaster.
India produces 26 thousand tons of waste daily and dumps 6.4 million into the waters surrounding it tons of garbage.
The project is expected to draw the attention to the water pollution problem and raise people’s awareness.
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