Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pointe de l'Échouerie, Îles de la Madeleine
21 September, 2020
- Team Leader
- Michèle Doucet
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 lbs (estimated)
47.35453664669, -61.872263141011
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pointe de l'Échouerie, Îles de la Madeleine
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Mont-Sainte-Hilaire
- Country
- Canada
- Date
- 21 September, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 47.35453664669
Longitude: -61.872263141011
- Weather Conditions
-
Relatively calm - always a bit choppy in this site
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–10 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 15767.7 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 12 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 12 gauge shotgun shells | 4 |
| Portion of metal and plastic fencing | 1 |
Additional Information
Shotgun shells are from hunters shooting seals or birds near this area during the fall and winter months
shotgun shells
shotgun shells
glass debris
