Sun Coast Clean Up

Thanks to Mike, Anne, Chris, Eddie, Tommy, Chris, Jerrad and Scott!!!!

Great time at the clean-up. There were 85 divers total that headed out to pick up trash on the reef system. I was so proud of the crew on our boat who safely and efficiently were able to pick up the vast majority of all the trash brought back to Mote by everyone. We picked up 8 bags of trash, 2 anchors, several sheets of Masonite, and one newer crab trap. We were also able to "decommission" 4 other older crab traps as well.

For those of you who don't know - we will take old crab traps out that haven't become and artificial reef of their own already. If there is too much growth on them, we'll knock out the break-away hole in the trap and if possible, we'll break the top off the trap as well and leave it in place.

The best part of the day was going out on the new boat though - as it gets set up more and more for diving I am amazed at the boat's comfort, space, usability and speed as a dive boat. This boat will be one of those "must" dive boats. The good news is that in another week, it will fully be in service as charter boat. Congratulations to Captain Scott and Reef Dog on this great addition!