Trashy Part of Town

I took a walk yesterday by the expensive sailboats in the harbor nearby.  The boats are gorgeous.  Checking out the water, I was excited to see a slew of fish swimming at the surface.  Most of them were dark and kind of boring, but there were light, striped ones, a puffer fish, and one that would've been too big for me to hold in both arms. 

My walk took a very sad turn when I rounded a corner and noticed that the fish were difficult to find due to the huge amounts of trash floating in the water.

 I was sicked by the items I saw, the quantity, the fish swimming in and out of plastic cups, getting caught in plastic bags.  The worst part is the feeling that I didn't do anything about it.  The easy answer is that I couldn't do anything about it, but that's a cop out.  With enough determination I could've done something, couldn't I? 

I realized that if I had the tools needed to clean this junk out of the water, it would take hours to scoop and cart it away.  Most likely, more trash would collect here.  Has anyone or organization cleaned this in the past?  Is it always like this?

 

In the mix: a glue stick, Dodgers baseball, Halloween pumpkin bucket, liquor bottles, plastic caps, shoes, ball caps, plastic shopping bags, lotion containers, soda cups from fast food restaurants.

The majority of the junk is actually recyclable.  Jeff teases me for the lengths I go to to recycle things we go through at home.  Pretty sure this walk has only added to my motivation to be more environmentally conscious.