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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Ifira Point

17 August, 2014

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
413 kgs (measured)

-17.737124, 168.312127

Survey Information

Location Name
Ifira Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Big BLUE VANUATU
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
17 August, 2014
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737124
Longitude: 168.312127
Weather Conditions
sunny and showers
Survey Depth Range
1–17 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 153
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 42
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 9
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 23
Diapers/nappies 3
Fishing: Line 8
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 217
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 8
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 9
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 89
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Jars-food (glass) 17
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 65
Beverage Bottles (glass) 190
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 1
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 201
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 15
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Cars & Car Parts 6
Pipes & Rebar 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 12
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 11
Tires/tyres 5
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 24
Towels/rags 5
Cloth Fragments 7
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 23
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 3
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Toys 4
other materials collected
Cosmetics / medicine glass 11
headlight glass 1
tooth paste tube 2
sikaflex tube 1
pegs plastic 2
perspex sheet 1
fiberglass sheet 1
umbrella mixed material 1
vacuums cleaner hose end plastic 1

Continuing littering of rubbish directly into the sea and indirectly into the sea via littering on the streets by Port Vila residents results in marine debris accumulating on the lee shore at this location.

Hydraulic unit

Plastic wrappers and bags

Bottles

cans


Our volunteer divers were surprised by the amount of rubbish from a small area. Bottles were accumulated under the hatch moorings

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