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Oakville Dive For Debris & Shore clean up

24 September, 2017

Team Leader
Steve Camacho
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
100 kgs (estimated)

43.439508961043, -79.666280171368

Survey Information

Location Name
Oakville Dive For Debris & Shore clean up
Organization/Dive Centre
Oakville Divers Scuba Shop
City
Oakville
Country
Canada
Date
24 September, 2017
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 43.439508961043
Longitude: -79.666280171368
Weather Conditions
Sunny water was very Calm
Survey Depth Range
10–20 feet
Area Surveyed
4000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 10
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 10
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 30
Cigarette Lighters 8
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 8
Foam Insulation & Packaging 4
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 22
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 13
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Pipes & Rebar 3
Metal Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 6
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 6
Toys 1

Tourists that walk tjhe shore, are careless , being a boat Harbour lost of boaters are careless with their waste. Alot of people fish fro the shores, which is wahy we found lots of fishing lures embedded in the rocks.

I found an Ipad 2 in the water

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