Nature Trust Malta has said that three turtles were released yesterday at Golden Bay in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, during his visit to Malta as part of the Our Oceans Conference, which is taking place in Valletta.

During his speech at the conference Prince Charles discussed the effects of plastic on our oceans.

The Prince of Wales said that, “for all the plastic that we have produced since the 1950s that has ended up in the ocean, is still with us in one form or another, so that wherever you swim there are particles of plastic near you and we are very close to reaching the point when whatever wild-caught fish you eat will contain plastic. Plastic is indeed now on the menu.”

Videos from Clarence House, the Royal Family’s twitter page is available here on the turtle release, the Our Ocean Conference and the 75th anniversary commemoration of the awarding of the George Cross to Malta.

Photograph: NTM

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