Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ilheu Bom Bom
1 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Flávio Quina
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
1.6954262281584, 7.4024438531752
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ilheu Bom Bom
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bom Bom Dive Center
- City
- Santo Antonio
- Country
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Date
- 1 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 18 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.6954262281584
Longitude: 7.4024438531752
- Weather Conditions
-
Stormy and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 30 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sandy
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 548 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 140 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 60 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 300 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Olive ridley |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | ghost fishing |
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Red Snapper |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | ghost fishing |
Additional Information
No
fishing net
plastic bags
fishing net
