Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Little Pond, Morton Park
13 June, 2015
- Team Leader
- John D. Hoagland
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 80 lbs (estimated)
41.943137, -70.683207
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Little Pond, Morton Park
- Organization/Dive Centre
- New England Cold Water Divers Club / Divers Market
- City
- Plymouth
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 13 June, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.943137
Longitude: -70.683207
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and warm
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–35 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 52800 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Fresh Water Pond
- 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) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 8 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 14 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 22 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 19 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 25 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 7 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 20 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 5 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
Additional Information
Little pond is located in a public park with plenty of swimmers and other people fishing. Most of the debris that we find each year is the result of people throwing their trash into the water!
Large sheet metal plate
Plastic cups and tops
Fishing lures and hooks
Beer cans
Comments and Feedback
We had ten divers at the cleanup this time. It is great to see them turn out each time I organize an underwater cleanup!!
