Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Little Pond, Morton Park, Plymouth MA
17 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- John Hoagland
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 lbs (estimated)
41.9584457, -70.66726210000002
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Little Pond, Morton Park, Plymouth MA
- Organization/Dive Centre
- John Hoagland / Divers Market
- City
- Plymouth
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 17 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.9584457
Longitude: -70.66726210000002
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly Sunny with little rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 39600 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Pond
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 16 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 11 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 33 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 19 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 22 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 11 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 53 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 6 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 12 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 15 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 11 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 3 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 12 |
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 4 |
Additional Information
This pond is part of a public park with swimming, fishing and boating during the year.
An intact fishing rod and reel down at 25 feet!! Probably dropped from a fishing boat.
Plastic Cups
Plastic Lids
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
This is my 17th year of coordinating underwater cleanups and we are still have fun doing them!!!
Over the past 3 or 4 years I have noticed a positive increase in the frequency of schools of small fish that we see here!!
