Port of Hoodsport
6 May, 2023
- Team Leader
- Katherine Yackel
- Number of Participants
- 125
- Total Debris Collected
- 500 lbs (measured)
47.403169515013, -123.14089140461
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Port of Hoodsport
- Organization/Dive Centre
- YSS Dive
- City
- Hoodsport
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 6 May, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 47.403169515013
Longitude: -123.14089140461
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–50 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 538.469 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 7 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 9 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 35 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 12 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 11 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 19 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 6 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 15 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 3 |
| Rubber Bands | 8 |
| Tires/tyres | 5 |
| Rubber Fragments | 9 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 3 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Toys | 55 |
Additional Information
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1. Most unique item we removed was a anchor and chain rusted together. And the largest amount of debris that was collected was plastic parts, derelict shrimp pots and fishing line. Lots f line was brought up.
chain/rope
plastic
parts of toys
Comments and Feedback
More images will be avaialbe soon but this is all I have right now.
1. Event info May 6th 2023: 1. Special Edition T-shirt design was by one of our employees who designs the shirt each year for us and always has an octopus theme. 2. 125 divers participated in removing debris ~ first dive team was in the water at 10 am and last team was out at 1:30 3. 26 non-divers participated in sorting debris and checking in and out diver of water and manning the registration table for us 4. 3 total filming crew participated 5. 5 paid employees plus John and myself worked the event as in various roles making sure everything went smooth. 6. 15 vendors participated in person with 17 people total for vendors manning tables. 7. Total weight in was 500 pounds exactly. 1. 200 pounds of the 500 was able to be recycled. 8. Most unique item we removed was a anchor and chain rusted together. And the largest amount of debris that was collected was plastic parts, derelict shrimp pots and fishing line. Lots f line was brought up.
