plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic)
4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic)
2
Bottles: Oil/lube
1
Caps & Lids (plastic)
1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar
2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic)
1
Fishing: Line
6
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles
2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets
15
Foam Insulation & Packaging
2
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish
2
Straws, Stirrers
1
Plastic Fragments
3
Rope (plastic/nylon)
3
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass)
3
wood materials collected
Fishing: Traps & Pots
8
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth)
2
Rope And String (cloth)
4
Towels/rags
8
Cloth Fragments
3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons
2
mixed materials collected
Clothing
2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc
3
Toys
1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name
parrot fish
Number Entangled
1
Status
injured
Type of Debris
fish trap
Comments
was caught in net of fish trap to gills & had to cut free, had a small incision on side of gills when released, stunned & shocked but took off once it became aware of being free while held in water
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name
small crabs
Number Entangled
2
Status
released unharmed
Type of Debris
net found on coral reef
Comments
released unharmed once cut free of net
Additional Information
Was there any event that could have contributed to the documented debris?
fishermen bad habits
What were the most problematic debris items in your location?
nets covering coral & reef
