scheme, a branch targeting coastal areas is being created.

KBB aims to have a Rock Watcher "Marine Clean Team'' on "every beach and accessible coastal foreshore area before the end of next summer'', Environment Committee chairwoman Miss Christine Hoskins said yesterday.

Miss Hoskins believes residents do not realise the extent of the organic pollution of Bermuda's inshore waters, let alone "invisible pollution''.

The Mangrove Bay resident noted bottles, cans and other trash wash up every day on the beaches in her area alone.

She plans to do further research on marine pollution and find out what studies have been done on the Island's inshore waters.

Rock Watcher membership climbed to 300 groups on the weekend when the Trott family from Hamilton Parish committed themselves to keeping Burchall's Cove on the North Shore clean.

Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Trott said it was in fact the prompting of their son Jovan, 10, that made the family decide to become Rock Watchers. They are urging their neighbours to join in and help clean up the debris and trash scattered around the once-scenic area.

Said Rock Watcher leader Miss Kay Latter, "Bermuda's beauty is suffering and unless we all pull together to do something positive to stop the spread of the "don't care'' attitude, there will be nothing left for our children.'' Miss Hoskins is appealing to the public to report areas like Burchall's Cove to her through the KBB Hotline (295-5142) or to the volunteers at the KBB office.

"This year the Environment Committee will focus on the marine environment,'' she said. "We want to start by analysing the extent of pollution of our inshore waters, both visible and what might be termed invisible, and attempt to tackle the problem through education and physical clean ups.

"Obviously part of the solution is to ensure that these areas are first cleared of accumulated rubbish and once we have done this we must keep a regular watch on them. This is where we need the help of people like the Trotts,'' she said. "My aim would be to have a Rock Watcher Marine Clean Team on every beach and accessible coastal foreshore area before the end of next summer.'' Rock Watchers was started by KBB two and a half years ago to promote litter awareness and a sense of neighbourhood pride in the environment.

Mrs. Latter said its membership has increased in "leaps and bounds'', currently numbering more than 1,000 individual Rock Watchers.

NEWEST MEMBERS -- Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Trott and their family start what will be a regular clean-up of Burchall's Cove in Hamilton Parish, as Rock Watcher leader Mrs. Kay Latter looks on. The Trott family is Keep Bermuda Beautiful's 300th Rock Watcher group and the KBB hopes to put Rock Watcher "Marine Clean Teams'' on every beach and accessible coastal area on the Island.