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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS98 - Carr's Bay

8 April, 2017

Team Leader
Charlene A Bartlett
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
27 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 April, 2017
Survey Duration
61 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.797613
Longitude: -62.209875
Weather Conditions
Stormy with high winds and rain
Survey Depth Range
4.9–34 feet
Area Surveyed
262 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) 24
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 25
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Carpet (synthetic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Gloves (latex) 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 14
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 61
Cigarette Filters 4
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 12
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 83
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 7
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 6
Metal Fragments 40
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 6
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 3
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 6
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
Toys 3
other materials collected
Deflated Basketball (rubber) 1
Roof Tile (plastic) 1
sheet metal 10
coathanger (plastic) 2
garden chair (plastic) 1
bracelet (plastic) 1
sunglasses with one lens (plastic) 1
piece of lino /floor covering (plastic) 1
Sheets of plastic (various sizes) 6
tangled line in clumps 5
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Fan coral
Number Entangled 6
Type of Debris fishing wire
Comments when clothing or fishing wire turns and moves across the sea floor with the motion of the waves it tangles and drags young sea fans from their rooted position. We often find coral in various states, we detangle and hope they can rejoin with the reef.

After 18months of monthly clean ups along the same beach and dive site, we find that the waste is everyday garbage and discarded belongings.

The team were most surprised to find shoes and car parts littering the shores and reef.

jagged, rusted metal - slicing and damaging reef as it is moved with the waves

entanglement bundles - if not in a snowball of destruction these fishing wires or clothing are usually found wrapped around and strangling the larger branching coral and sea fans.

single use items - it seems all too easy to quench a sudden thirst and dispose of the can or bottle with little care for the environment


We are always so grateful to the willing volunteers who do their best to protect our oceans. We all have to remember that just because someone can't make it to the beach to help clean away the mess, doesn't mean they're not doing what they can at home. From the ocean I say "Thank you to all those who make an effort when choosing products and packaging, those that minimise their waste by recycling and reusing 'trash' for a different purpose and to those that think before doing."

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