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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS259 - Sarah's Secret Garden

25 February, 2017

Team Leader
Lisa Mclernon & Sydney Shier
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
9 kgs (measured)

-18.37945, 177.98671

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS259 - Sarah's Secret Garden
Organization/Dive Centre
Projects Abroad Fiji Shark Conservation
City
Pacific Harbour
Country
Fiji
Date
25 February, 2017
Survey Duration
35 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -18.37945
Longitude: 177.98671
Weather Conditions
Rain showers, some torrential
Survey Depth Range
17–10 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 20
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
other materials collected
Bilge pump

High level of tourism - day fisherman, tourist boats, surf camps, local community with poor waste disposal. Volunteer MPA but know that spear fisherman fish there.

Bilge Pump

Glass bottles - thrown overboard by fisherman and tourists

Beverage Cans - thrown overboard by fisherman and toourists

Plastic bottles - thrown over board by fisherman and tourists.

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