Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Fishermen Cay
27 December, 2023
- Team Leader
- Laura Olarte
- Number of Participants
- 17
- Total Debris Collected
- 311 lbs (estimated)
16.064603128345, -86.964163523097
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Fishermen Cay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Utila Dive Center
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 27 December, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.064603128345
Longitude: -86.964163523097
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 36 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 50 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 116 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 5 |
| Cigar Tips | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 29 |
| Diapers/nappies | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 22 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 80 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 17 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 30 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 137 |
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 38 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 14 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 28 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 34 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 14 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 14 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Medicine pill wrappers | 9 |
| Sun glasses | 3 |
| Washing machine door | 1 |
| Construction materials | 25 |
