"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Jeff Christner over the years, has been incredible at finding and documenting all the pieces he found that could have been coming to our shore from Japan. And the most exciting part is that some of his findings have been officially registered as 2011 Japanese Tsunami Debris! We are all proud of Jeff and the great work he has done […]
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Do you remember our post about the broken plastic piece found in Mussel Rock? Well, this is the incredible latest update from Jeff Christner: “Here are the pieces together, the characters are: 高橋漁業 which basically means Takahashi Fishery. This could be from the Takahashi manufacturing company, but I did find a business in Hokkaido, with the same name, and that […]
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Reported by Jeff Christner: “Found some interesting items today at the Mussel Rock cleanup. Empty sharps bin with a City/County of San Francisco sticker on it. I wonder if this is related to all the needles that washed up last week on Esplanade Beach. Also three suspect 2011 Japanese tsunami debris items. Two are suspect due to the wear of […]
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This fish crate, found on the rocks/rip-rap area on July 25th, 2015 during the monthly Mussel Rock cleanup, has been confirmed by NOAA and the Japanese Consulate as being from the 2011 Japanese Tsunami. It should be noted that many possible/probable debris have washed up in the Bay Area, but few have the proper markings to be confirmed. Below is […]
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A fiberglass skiff possibly from Japan, which may or may not be from the 2011 tsunami disaster, recently washed ashore at Mussel Rock (near Avalon Canyon in Daly City) in August 2014. The site’s Adopt A Beach team discovered the skiff and went the extra mile to alert proper authorities to begin to identify and arrange for its removal. It is […]
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We had a good turnout, yesterday, with one new volunteer and lots of loyal friends; welcome back Jody. I just went for a post-earthquake walk at dawn, today, to check on the status of the area. The aggressive wasps were still buzzing around my head at dawn. There was almost no trash to be seen, except three spots where people […]
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