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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Bonnie Boats Marina, Jackson's Point

30 May, 2015

Team Leader
Adventure Sports Newmarket Inc.
Number of Participants
23
Total Debris Collected
55 lbs (estimated)

44.326534, -79.369612

Survey Information

Location Name
Bonnie Boats Marina, Jackson's Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Adventure Sports Newmarket Inc.
City
Jackson's Point
Country
Canada
Date
30 May, 2015
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 44.326534
Longitude: -79.369612
Weather Conditions
Sunny, Rain, Thundershowers
Survey Depth Range
10–23 feet
Area Surveyed
4250 ft2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Fresh water lake, cold water, a lot of silt
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 12
Bags: Trash (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Carpet (synthetic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Gloves (latex) 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 14
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 10
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Metal Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 6
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Clothing 4
Fireworks 4
Toys 1
other materials collected
Paddle 1
Paint Can 1
Anchor 1

Only that the boating marina is right there, so it is not surprising to find beer bottles, cans, etc. Ice fishing is big in this area throughout the winter, so that is why we found some nets and lures.

I find the paint can weird. You have to make an effort to go throw a paint can in the lake, don't you?

Beverage cans and bottles - Boating Marina

Fishing items - Ice Fishing occurs in the winter


I was working on land for this event, and I'm waiting to see if any of our divers got some pictures underwater collecting the trash. I will send to Alexa. Sorry, we had to estimate the weight: A thunderstorm rolled in while the divers were in the water, and the electronic scale got wet - and stopped working. Also, we were speculating that maybe the difficulty in finding garbage at this site is that there is so much silt that it may settle over a lot of garbage that got missed.

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