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Mill Cove Wharf Clean up for Project Aware Week

26 September, 2020

Team Leader
Tracy Gregory
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
55 lbs (measured)

44.586402033964, -64.062130331217

Survey Information

Location Name
Mill Cove Wharf Clean up for Project Aware Week
Organization/Dive Centre
East Coast Scuba & Watersports
City
Bedford
Country
Canada
Date
26 September, 2020
Survey Duration
100 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 44.586402033964
Longitude: -64.062130331217
Weather Conditions
Hurricane Teddy hit during the week however this protected site was completely calm and flat
Survey Depth Range
30–42 feet
Area Surveyed
75 ft2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Balls 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 12
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 16
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Gloves (latex) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Plastic Fragments 66
Cigarette Filters 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 23
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Pull Tabs-beverages 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
Metal Fragments 10
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 35
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 4
Rubber Bands 6
Rubber Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Shot gun shell 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Lobster
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Lobster
Comments Lobster in a fishing hook catch in rope

Working wharf but there is a huge improvement after each clean up dive, seem to all be older garbage that is being removed

Shot gun shell

larger items that would require large lift. Which we could talk to the fisherman about attaching floats to older traps etc

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