Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Nova Scotia Dive Site Mill Cove clean up with East Coast Scuba & Waterports
22 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- Tracy Gregory
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 500 lbs (measured)
44.580332490206, -64.054245273205
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Nova Scotia Dive Site Mill Cove clean up with East Coast Scuba & Waterports
- Organization/Dive Centre
- East Coast Scuba & Watersports
- City
- Bedford
- Country
- Canada
- Date
- 22 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 180 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 44.580332490206
Longitude: -64.054245273205
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 300 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 14 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 7 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 11 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 11 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 89 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 30 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 27 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 9 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 9 |
| Rubber Bands | 15 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 18 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 9 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 19 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Filter | 2 |
| Clothes Line | 1 |
| Rain Pants | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Small crab and fish in bottles |
| Number Entangled | 5 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glass Bottles |
| Comments | small Fish and crabs were removed from bottles |
Additional Information
Fishing season(s) over many years
Boat Battery and golf bag no reported golf balls however
Fishing materials
Hooks, lures
broken glass bottles
Comments and Feedback
Great group of divers came out on a beautiful day to clean up the Mill Cove Jetty. We had three volunteers who took up the role of shore support and helped divers when exiting the water with all the debris
East Coast Scuba & Watersports is hoping to do monthly clean up dives at this site and share information on ProjectAware with locals in the area
