Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Little Pond, Morton Park
16 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- John Hoagland
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 11 lbs (estimated)
41.943092752882, -70.683088213173
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Little Pond, Morton Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers Market
- City
- Plymouth
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.943092752882
Longitude: -70.683088213173
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–35 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 19800 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Pond
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 13 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
This large pond is a public swimming, fishing and boating area that contributes to the trash found there.
Leather sole from a shoe!
Broken glass pieces
Rusted cans
Comments and Feedback
After 18 years of underwater cleanups in this public pond it is very clean and I will look for another public body of water to start cleaning up next time!!
