Next Monthly Meeting is Wednesday, April 17, 2024 @ 6:30pm
at the
Venice City Hall (401 W Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285) in the Community Hall
2024 TOTALS - 1,531 Lbs so far
2/12/24 - Sarasota 820 LBS
3/25/2024- Sarasota 141 lbs
4/12/2024 - Sarasota 556 Lbs
Trash Removed in 2023: 10,115 LBS
Events
Since 1997 the Suncoast Reef Rovers have removed over 50,000 pounds of marine debris that lurks beneath the surface of our waters.
Monthly Meetings every third Wednesday night. Location TBD.
Next Monthly Meeting is Wednesday, April 17, 2024 @ 6:30pm at the Venice City Hall (401 W Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285) in the Community Hall
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April 7, 2024 - Due to the South Jetty closure, the cleanup has been postponed until a later date*
May 11, 2024 - Suncoast Aqua Ventures: Manatee River Cleanup
June 8, 2024 - Venice Fishing Pier at Sharky’s / Start time: TBD
July 17, 2024 - INTRA Coastal Water Way (ICW) Cleanup/ Start time: TBD
August 11, 2024- North Jetty Cleanup/ Start time: TBD
September 28 / 29 - Suncoast Aqua Ventures Reef and Beach Cleanup
October 13, 2024 - Heigel Mooring Field / Start time: TBD
Join us at an event and help in the fight against marine debris.
Another successful cleanup event!! Thank you so much to all of the hardworking volunteers who showed up to clean up the waters and shoreline by Harts Landing in Sarasota. We had a master diver class from Scuba Quest Sarasota, Suncoast AquaVentures, and the Sarasota Police Department helping out.
We even had a great lady who saw what were doing while she was walking across the Ringling Bridge, came down and jumped right in to help clean up the trash on the shoreline!
In total, we removed 556 Lbs of trash from the waters and shoreline around Hart's Landing!
This brings our totals for trash removed in 2024 to..... 1,517 LBS !!!
Thank you again to all of the hardworking volunteers and thank you to Sarasota Bay Estuary Program for the grant to help fund these cleanups!
On Sunday, March 25, 2024; three of our outstanding volunteer divers: Federico, Tara, and Jossie were doing a dive by New Pass in Sarasota when they came upon some trash.
Even with windy weather and limited visibility, these three volunteers were able remove 141 lbs of trash out of the water! Including : one (1) cast net, one (1) car tire, one (1) truck tire, one (1) crab trap and some trash.
Another great outcome was that the crab trap still had the owners information on it and the volunteers were able to return it to its owner. The owner stated he had been looking for the trap since February!
Great job Federico, Tara, and Jossie!!!
Special shoutout to some very special volunteers. Rick and Ernesto are part of a group of volunteer divers who consistently help out their communities whenever there is trash to be removed underwater. They received a call from a person in Ft Meyers who needed their special skills. During a recent storm, a 17' ft boat sank and the owner was unable to locate it and hoped to recover it. The owner was worried that the boat might become a hazard and was worried about the impact it would have in the waterway. Diving in challenging conditions with visibility less than a foot, Rick and Ernesto were able to locate the sunken vessel in 35ft water. Using their special skills and numerous lift bag devices, they were able to raise the vessel and float it back to land. Another prime example of the volunteers that are committed to cleaning up the waterways and helping out their communities.
SHOUTOUT TO VOLUNTEERS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITY AND WATERS
Several of our SCRR volunteers assisted with a Venice Yacht Club project to improve the local waterways. Even though it was not a SCRR sponsored event, it shows the dedication our volunteers have with helping in the community and improving the waterways.
On Saturday, April 6, 2024 a team of volunteers spearheaded by Shaun Graser from the Venice Yacht Club (VYC) Environmental Committee planted 100 red Mangroves on three sites on Robert's Bay. Mangroves were donated by Suncoast Reef Rover Volunteer- Federico Vazquez who joined the VYC Environmental Committee in this project. In addition to Federico, SCRR volunteer and Venice Yacht Club Member, Rick McNamara also helped in the planting of the Mangrove plants.
Mangroves are important to the coastal ecosystems as they serve as a buffer from damaging winds, waves and floods. Mangrove thickets improve water quality by filtering pollutants and trapping sediments from the land, and they reduce coastal erosion. Ecologically, they provide habitat for a diverse array of terrestrial organisms and many species of coastal and offshore fish and shellfish rely exclusively on mangroves as their breeding, spawning and hatching grounds.
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