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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

West Hawk Lake Cats Ass

27 September, 2015

Team Leader
Jacqui Dufault - Diver City Scuba Inc.
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
76 lbs (measured)

49.744271, -95.209738

Survey Information

Location Name
West Hawk Lake Cats Ass
Organization/Dive Centre
Diver City Scuba Inc.
City
West Hawk Lake
Country
Canada
Date
27 September, 2015
Survey Duration
48 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 49.744271
Longitude: -95.209738
Weather Conditions
Cool, Partly Cloudy and Sunny during the day. No substantial rainfall.
Survey Depth Range
2–45 feet
Area Surveyed
65584.7 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) 16
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Balloons 1
Balls 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 8
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 45
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 10
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 58
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 200
Cigarette Filters 3
Strapping Bands (plastic) 21
Rope (plastic/nylon) 16
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 10
Beverage Bottles (glass) 23
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 65
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Cars & Car Parts 4
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 4
Metal Fragments 8
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 9
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
Towels/rags 10
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 10
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Fireworks 1
Toys 8

a five foot re-bar rake

aluminum cans

glass bottles

food wrappers/plastic utensils


West Hawk Lake is a Meteor Lake bordering Ontario and Manitoba in the Whiteshell Provincial Park. Diver City Scuba trains students in the Cat's Ass dive site but for our Dive Against Debris we moved into the Marina because the divers who frequent the site tend to pick up marine debris as they explore the site. West Hawk Marina closed down for a couple hours to let us do our collection and some of us even made it to the public beach to clean up debris. We would like to send a special thanks to the Marina for letting us clean up marine debris there and to the fourteen individuals who took part of the Dive Against Debris Dive!

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