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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS98 - Carr's Bay

8 October, 2016

Team Leader
Charley Bartlett
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
26 kgs (measured)

16.797613, -62.209875

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS98 - Carr's Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Montserrat Island Dive Centre
Country
Montserrat
Date
8 October, 2016
Survey Duration
66 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.797613
Longitude: -62.209875
Weather Conditions
High winds and big swells whilst Hurricane Matthew passed through the Caribbean sea a few hundred miles off shore
Survey Depth Range
3.2–12 meters
Area Surveyed
488 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 67
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 24
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Bottles: Oil/lube 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 61
Fishing: Line 11
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 79
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Plastic Fragments 115
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 190
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 4
Wrappers (foil/metal) 50
Metal Fragments 7
rubber materials collected
Condoms 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 8
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Small anchor - metal 1
Sanitary towel - mixed 1
Dust face mask - mixed 1
Scissors handle - plastic 1
car parts - plastic 5
car parts - rubber 3
hair comb 1

Storms have washed some debris down from the hills, and waves have dragged debris from the shore line.

Car parts

Beverage cans - weighing 7.5kg alone!

Plastic Fragments - broken down looking like 'fish food'!

Plastic retails bags - weighted down by sand or wrapped around coral


We love being able to take our Project AWARE Dive Against Debris mesh bags along with us on every dive. The long strap allows me to attach the sack around me and my tank! Every dive can now easily become a Dive Against Debris!!

At the same time as a team of divers collects garbage from under the water, we encourage shore support to collect debris from the beach, to prevent it from ever entering the sea. This week 13kg were collected from the shores of our Adopted Dive Site at Carr's Bay, Montserrat

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