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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Baie de Georgeville, Canton de Stanstead, Lac Memphémagog, Québec

26 October, 2024

Team Leader
Jacques Tremblay
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
456.9 lbs (measured)

45.139286290263, -72.255862355232

Survey Information

Location Name
Baie de Georgeville, Canton de Stanstead, Lac Memphémagog, Québec
Organization/Dive Centre
Plongée Aqua-Mundo
City
Sherbrooke
Country
Canada
Date
26 October, 2024
Survey Duration
47 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 45.139286290263
Longitude: -72.255862355232
Weather Conditions
Cloudy, windy, some rain
Survey Depth Range
5.5–19 feet
Area Surveyed
30000 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Lake rocky + grass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 16
Balls 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Toothbrushes 7
Plastic Fragments 76
Cigarette Filters 300
Rope (plastic/nylon) 15
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 39
Beverage Bottles (glass) 33
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 15
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Pull Tabs-beverages 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 24
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 17
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 5
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 13
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 10
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Insulation foam, small floating debris many many many
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Zebra mussels
Number Entangled 1
Type of Debris all
Comments Invasive species out of control, we see millions of them

no

We found a sealed bottle with a written message from a son to his father. We do not know how old the message is.

Insulation foam


previous dive in 2018 in the same site, 2500lbs were removed. So, we see big improvement.

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