Volunteers join underwater clean-up mission

Ocean trash: A diver from the Marine Research Foundation carefully retrieving a plastic bottle from the seabed.

KOTA KINABALU: Other than picking up 105kg of trash, 36 divers also rescued marine life caught illegally in fish traps at a marine park here.

Braving strong winds and choppy seas, the volunteers took part in an underwater clean-up mission initiated by the Marine Research Foundation (MRF) at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, some 3km from here, last Saturday.