The main 10 dive shops on the island put together a flotilla of 10 dive boats to do a group underwater trash pick up on the west end of the island near a town on a small key offshore.
Our boat of 2o divers collected over 1000 pounds of junk off the bottom.
The boat trip back was stinky and onloading off the boat was yucky, but it was rewarding.
Wow. Amazing. We really need to find a way of cleaning up our oceans
Great initiative and team effort. Another example of how UDC makes a difference as with all they do.
Being back I am disgusted by all the single-use plastic like bags, beverage bottles, coffee/solo cups…wasted every day, often dumped into the ocean impacting an amazing underwater world.
Recommend watching Mission Blue documentary on Netflix.