​A JOURNEY THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE KELP FORESTS  OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
  • Home
  • Videos
  • Gallery
  • Explore
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Common Word Challenge
    • Contact
The synergy of science, communication and exploration

Nobody likes a dirty beach

8/19/2019

0 Comments

 
PictureA (small) snapshot of marine debris collected from Chinese Harbor
All words by Bren masters student Laura Ingulsurd, adapted from an Office of National Marine Sanctuary Weekly Situation Report. 

CINMS beach cleanup at Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island collects 1,240 pounds of trash during “Get Into Your Sanctuary” weekend
To kick off “Get Into Your Sanctuary” weekend, on Friday August 2, a mix of Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) staff, interns, Sanctuary Advisory Council members, and local Santa Barbara lobster fishermen crossed the Santa Barbara Channel in the R/V Shearwater to clean trash off a Santa Cruz Island beach. Here's the breakdown from the day's activities: 
  • # of participants: 21
  • Trash removed: 1,240 pounds
  • Miscellaneous Plastics (# of items removed): 650
  • Plastic Packaging (# of items removed): 677
  • Personal Effects (# of items removed): 174
  • Lost Fishing Gear (# of items removed): 97
  • Non-plastic items (# of items removed): 59
  • Other/unclassifiable items: 10​
All activities took place along a 1-mile stretch of beach known as Chinese Harbor. Most of the trash recovered consisted of plastic items, many of which had begun to disintegrate into microplastics under the constant sun. This effort was funded by a NOAA Marine Debris Program grant in conjunction with CINMS.
 

Significance: The waters of Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary are some of the state of California’s most productive fishing grounds. Sanctuary staff and local commercial fishermen are proud to collaborate and work together to clean up marine debris.

Clockwise from top left: A lobster boat using its hydraulic pulley system to transport bagged trash off the beach (photo: Laura Ingulsrud); Summer interns repping “Get Into Your Sanctuary” shirts while removing trash from sanctuary shores (photo: Pike Spector); Part of the cleanup crew posing with their finds (photo: Sean Hastings).
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    ​Pike Spector is currently a Research Operations Specialist with Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

    Click here for Pike's Github Repo! 

    Tweet @BaronvonUrchin
    for more phycology fun! 

    Curious about Pike's ( now completed) master's thesis? Check out the Common Word challenge! 

    Archives

    August 2022
    October 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    December 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Videos
  • Gallery
  • Explore
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Common Word Challenge
    • Contact