Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Gold Coast Seaway
23 January, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kelly Fletcher
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 27 kgs (measured)
-27.93664, 153.426301
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Gold Coast Seaway
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Environmental Divers
- City
- Brisbane
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 23 January, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 77 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 7 |
| Balloons | 3 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 9000 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 29 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 18 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 7 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 25 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Cigarette Filters | 17 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 3 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 21 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 5 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1782 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 3 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 9 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 3 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 11 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hats | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Brim |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Hook and line entangled |
| Comments | Removed hook and line and released fish. |
Additional Information
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks
