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Last Updated: Jun 4, 2017 - 8:43:19 PM |
L-R Martine Wardill, Dianne Patterson, Karen Nelson, Audrey Jolly, Jackie Carroll, Allan McEwan, Ryan Carroll and Michael Marshall. Photo by Gail Woon.
Marine debris in truck ready to be properly disposed of. Photo by Michael Marshall.
Closeup of marine debris collected from Ryan Carroll’s under water cleanup. Photo by Michael Marshall.
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Ryan Carroll did it again. This time Ryan organized a Third Underwater Cleanup. This time the location was Coral Beach on June 3rd 2017.
Once again the objective was to rid the sea bottom of trash/marine debris. Trash bags and water were provided. Volunteers snorkeled to the bottom to remove trash and it was bagged onshore. Everyone was welcome.
“Today for the 3rd Underwater Beach Cleanup, 9 volunteers showed up. 3 snorkelers in the water and helpers on the beach, we started at the eastern end of Coral Beach property and all the way to Riviera Beach property probably an area 800-1,000 feet. We snorkeled near the shore out to 200 feet off shore which is the swim zone. We recovered 127 bottles (5+ cases), 7 pieces of plastic, 3 cans, a huge boat cushion, piece of aluminum railing, 2 pieces of rope, piece of fiber glass from a boat, and a piece of re-bar in about 2 hours from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. It was all in all a success and we’ll do it again at another beach soon," said Ryan Carroll.
Jackie Carrol, Ryan’s wife, added, “I think considering there was only 3 of them doing the diving, 5 cases of bottles in less than 2 hours mostly bottles, very little plastic, probably the storm uncovered the bottles as many had to be dug up.”
Volunteers who helped with this underwater cleanup effort included Jackie Carroll, Ryan Carroll, Allan McEwan, Martine Wardill, Karen Nelson, Audrey Jolly, Michael Marshall, Dianne Patterson and Gail Woon.
Allan McEwan was glad to have participated, “It was a great experience, very rewarding. I definitely want to do it again. We’ll get more people to come join us, you won’t regret it.”
Marine debris is defined as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment. Marine debris is detrimental to the marine ecosystems as well as being very unsightly for touristic areas. 100,000 turtles and marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales and seals, are killed by plastic marine litter every year around the world. You can help by taking actions to increase litter prevention, reducing, reusing and recycling as well as joining efforts like this underwater cleanup.
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