plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic)
121
Bags: Trash (plastic)
1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic)
83
Bottles: Oil/lube
1
Caps & Lids (plastic)
3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar
32
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic)
2
Diapers/nappies
9
Fishing: Line
3
Food Wrappers (plastic)
180
Pipes (plastic-PVC)
2
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap
2
Straws, Stirrers
5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers
5
Plastic Fragments
177
Cigarette Filters
1
Rope (plastic/nylon)
1
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass)
1
Beverage Bottles (glass)
7
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres
3
Rubber Fragments
2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood)
1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap)
14
Rope And String (cloth)
3
Towels/rags
1
Cloth Fragments
4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons
9
Paper, Cardboard Fragments
40
mixed materials collected
Clothing
3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc
1
Toys
1
other materials collected
cd
1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name
unknown
Number Entangled
3
Status
dead
Type of Debris
Plastic Bags
Comments
Also 2 fish released unharmed.
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name
Crab
Number Entangled
6
Status
released unharmed
Type of Debris
plastic bags
Comments
Also 3 dead crabs and 2 shrimp released unharmed.
Other Animals
Species or Common Name
Brittle Star
Number Entangled
1
Status
released unharmed
Type of Debris
plastic bags
Additional Information
Was there any event that could have contributed to the documented debris?
The garbage boat carrying garbage away from the island tipped and released its load into the ocean next to the reef the week of the Dive Against Debris.
What were the most problematic debris items in your location?
Plastic Food Wrappers
Plastic Fragments
Plastic Retail Bags
