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Four of us walked mile 290 collecting abt 40lbs of trash.   A good percent of which was from the fishing industry .  We saw 2 dead sea lions . One appeared to have been shot.   The second had had it's teeth removed and had no visble wound.  We also found 5 shate egg sacks in the drift line.

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 7.9 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4157. Number of dogs: 7. Walking or running: 18. Playing in sand: 5. Photography: 3. Surfing: 2. Fishing: 8. Other Activities: Fishing from the Jetty 16.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 53.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Decomposed past the point of IDing

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). 2 dead Sea Lions

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Looking South towards the Jetty
One of 2 dead Sea Lions
2nd Dead Sea Lion
Skate egg sack
Trash Collected 1 of 3
Trach Collected 2 of 3
Trash Collected 3 of 3

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All Mile 290 Reports

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Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

January 13, 2025

Another fabulous winter day on mile 290.

CHRIS BERRI

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

November 5, 2024

Over 250 dead moon jellies. Over 10 dead sea nettles. Atypical accumulation of kelp of various kinds on the beach

Chris Berrie

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

November 4, 2024

The drift lines contained many jellies

Connye Corey

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

September 23, 2024

This dispatch covers 9/23 - 9/24 to supplement to previous reports of unusual jellyfish accumulations. 11 whole sea nettles 33 whole moon jellies Hundreds of small pieces of translucent and red jellies found scattered all along the mile 1 dead common murre, no tag

Chris Berre

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

September 23, 2024

Beautiful Fall morning.

Connye Corey

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

September 11, 2024

This dispatch is a supplement previous reports filed on significant eelgrass accumulations on the mile. Large and small piles of eel grass observed all along the mile.

Chris Berrie

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

September 10, 2024

127 moon or other transparent jellies, whole or mostly whole, plus dozens of pieces, 1-6 inches.

Chris Berrie

Mile 290

Barview Jetty County Park, Camp Magruder south

August 29, 2024

The purpose of this dispatch is to continue reporting on unusual aggregations of dead jellyfish on the beach, As previously reported. Several large, nearly whole Lions Mane jellies plus hundreds of smaller pieces.

Chris Berrie