Well, we’ve spent 5+ days working at Hickman’s Harbour last month, and our work is far from done. Check out some of the debris we were able to remove!
135 tires, 33 car batteries, 5 crab traps, 8 fish pans, 200 ft of plastic sewer pipe, 12 fish pans of old bottles, 8 x 5 gallon buckets full of salt mackerel – EWW – 1 air compressor, 5 suits of rubber clothes, 2 outboard motor hoods, 1 outboard motor, 3 hammers, 1 rubber strap, 11 hydraulic hoses,1 set of blades for 55 hp motor, 1 battery charger, 1 depth sounder for long liner, one copper water intake, 7 copper pipes, 7 rubber buoys, 2 stainless sinks, one squid roller, 10 fan belts, 2 garden hoses, 4 spotlights, 2 tvs 2 propane stove, 1 radar 2 boat toilets, 2 sets of squid jiggers, 1 stainless heater, 1 jigsaw, 1 skillsaw 1 handsaw 6 frying pans, 1 large aluminum hood (about 80 lbs aluminum), 3 sheets weighing about 150 lb of aluminum, 2 propane tanks, 10 oil filters, 150ft of copper wire 1 stainless sorting table, 7 bags of misc plastics, 2 wooden lobster pots, 2 metal lobster pots, 1 bag of rope, 1 large metal toolbox, 3 sheets pf aluminum siding (4×12) 2 broom handles, and one car stereo. So far we’ve weighed in at 5100 kg on the dump scales, but there’s more to be hauled still.
The type of debris we are finding is a stark reminder that once upon a time, we treated the ocean as our dump. Out of sight, out of mind as they say. Well, those days are over – or they should be! – it is time to bring our harbours back to life.
This is such a great initiative. A wonderful example of what a determined man has started.
What happens to all this debris after you haul it to shore? Is there a new recycling business in the making?
That’s the next step isn’t it? Currently we recycle what we can, but unfortunately much of it still ends up in landfill. Removing marine debris is one piece of the solution, but we also initiatives that reuse, recycle, and reduce our waste.
Do you have an address to send donations?
Thanks for your support it is greatly appreciated! We can take donations via our GoFundme page (click the donate button at the top).
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I watched the documentary. You do great work! I hope that Environment Canada is going to be a sustaining donor — they really should have a long term commitment with grassroots organizations like yours. I hope more of them spring up in our coastal towns.
Thanks so much for your support! We are continuing to apply for government funding, and agree with you would be great to see more folks get involved! Thank you!
Hi I’m on the west coast. We see Logging debris, fishing nets, plastic , plastic, plastic!
Monthly beach clean-up help a bit, but it’s all back again on the next tide.
You are right, we need to stop the source,
Hero’s! Watched the documentary. I live in Alberta and have only been to the east coast (passing through) once. As a landlocked province we have no idea what happens on the oceans other than that’s where the lobster comes from. What an eye opener! When payday rolls around, I’ll send what I can. Thank God for hero’s like you.