Yesterday, Danie (PC 37) collected the substrates she hung off the Pearson College docks in November for her Marine Science independent research project. The substrates included glass, plastic, metal, fabric and wood. On two of the substrate types, she found a total of five spiny lumpsuckers!
For more information on the Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis), see http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Eumicrotremus-orbis.html
A second group of first year marine scientists braved the rain on Thursday 9 February and cleaned approximately 1 km of beach at Esquimalt Lagoon. While we didn’t take any photos of the drippy students, the data collected are summarized below as well as a photo of some of the garbage collected.
| Type of garbage | Number |
| Styrofoam bits | 238 |
| Plastic pieces | 221 |
| Straws / stirrers | 20 |
| Caps, lids | 61 |
| Coffee cups | 9 |
| Coffee cup lids | 10 |
| Plastic utensils | 3 |
| Lollipop sticks | 6 |
| Food wrappers | 25 |
| Plastic beverage bottles | 2 |
| Glass beverage bottles | 5 |
| Bags | 13 |
| Rope | 7 |
| Nets | 2 |
| Cigarettes / filters | 8 |
| Tobacco packs / wrappers | 3 |
| Lighters | 21 |
| Syringes | 8 |
| Tampons / applicators | 2 |
| Condoms | 1 |
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes | 5 |
| Shotgun shells | 44 |
| Toys | 6 |
| Bags of dog poo | 5 |
| Dog collar | 1 |
| Gum | 1 |
| Band-aid | 1 |
| Film canister | 1 |
| Tin / metal pieces | 7 |
| Fabric | 2 |
| Rubber bands | 4 |
| Cardboard | 2 |
| Pieces of paper | 5 |
| Toilet paper | 2 |
| Comb | 2 |
| Prawn tag (1998) | 1 |
| Crab tag (04) | 1 |
| Ear plug | 2 |
| Fishing tools | 4 |
| Tire | 1 |
| Glowing green bead | 1 |
On Thursday 2 February, a group of Marine Science students went to hear a presentation by Rob Stewart, the maker of ‘Sharkwater’ and the soon to be released film ‘Revolution’. He is an inspirational young man with a great passion for sharks, pygmy seahorses and ‘the birds, the bees and the trees’.
http://www.unitedconservationists.org/what-we-do/revolution.html
On Tuesday 7 February, first year A block marine scientists went to Esquimalt Lagoon and did a beach clean-up. It was a beautiful sunny day, but a bit windy.
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves though, and we performed a valuable service. The table below contains the list of items we removed from the beach.
|
Type of garbage |
Number |
| Styrofoam bits | 435 |
| Plastic pieces | 348 |
| Straws / stirrers | 26 |
| Caps, lids | 65 |
| Six-pack holders | 2 |
| Coffee cups | 19 |
| Coffee cup lids | 28 |
| Plastic utensils | 13 |
| Lollipop sticks | 6 |
| Food wrappers | 30 |
| Plastic beverage bottles | 18 |
| Glass beverage bottles | 8 |
| Bags | 19 |
| Balloons | 4 |
| Rope | 21 |
| Nets | 1 |
| Cigarettes / filters | 10 |
| Tobacco packs / wrappers | 9 |
| Lighters | 12 |
| Syringes | 6 |
| Tampons / applicators | 14 |
| Condoms | 3 |
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes | 4 |
| Shotgun shells | 18 |
| Toys | 5 |
| Shoe liners | 2 |
| Gas bottle | 1 |
| Pair of glasses | 1 |
| Bags of dog poop | 9 |
| Dog leash | 1 |
| Rubber tube | 1 |
| Bait can | 1 |
| Big iron stick | 1 |
| Beer cans | 4 |
| Fabric | 2 |
| Pen | 1 |
| Ketchup package | 6 |
| Pop can tab | 1 |
| Ribbon | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
Pearson College Marine Science 