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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Sea Front

21 July, 2013

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
17
Total Debris Collected
332 kgs (measured)

-17.732991, 168.285828

Survey Information

Location Name
Sea Front
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
21 July, 2013
Survey Duration
36 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.732991
Longitude: 168.285828
Weather Conditions
Raining until day before, day before and day of dive sunny
Survey Depth Range
2–20 meters
Area Surveyed
450 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 13
Bags: Trash (plastic) 12
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 42
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Fishing: Line 8
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Plastic Fragments 41
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Fluorescent Light Tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 65
Beverage Bottles (glass) 242
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 120
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 12
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 13
Metal Fragments 3
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 6
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 14
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 11
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Toys 1
other materials collected
Umbrella (Metal and synthetic material) 1
Castor wheel (metal and rubber) 1

A printer/scanner

Plastic bags- smothering coral

Plastic bottles - don't degrade

Fishing line - entangled in coral

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