On Sunday 16 September 2012, four second year Marine Science students (Karam, Laas, Sammy & Vuochly) and Ishara (an honorary marine scientist) participated in a beach cleanup at Esquimalt Lagoon. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is coordinated by the Vancouver Aquarium and the Site Coordinator for this location was the Juan De Fuca Power & Sail Squadron.
Karam, Ishara & Vuochly even won a prize for collecting over 4000 cigarette butts.
Below is the summary prepared by the the coordinator from the Juan De Fuca Power & Sail Squadron (http://www.jdfsquadron.ca/).
See also: http://www.shorelinecleanup.ca/ for more details about other shoreline cleanups.
Pearson College Marine Science 