Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS364 - Toucari Bay
2 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kayla
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 lbs (estimated)
15.608339, -61.465306
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS364 - Toucari Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SALT / OurSalty Passports
- City
- Toucari
- Country
- Dominica
- Date
- 2 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.608339
Longitude: -61.465306
- Weather Conditions
-
mostly sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 77656.8 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 18 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 8 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 16 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 23 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 26 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 17 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 10 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 7 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 9 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | fire worm |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | ? |
Additional Information
party on the beach ... :(
fabric flowers
single use plastics
glass bottles
Comments and Feedback
there are long standing piles of trash and hurricane debris on the beach which solid waste management does not remove ... we must make them aware of all the trash they miss- that ends up in the ocean !! There are also 2 businesses that don't seem to pay for waste management to pick up their trash and instead overload the village 'dump' with their trash! (they also do not pick up their trash from the beach in front of their respective businesses - (the only beachfront business in this village that cleans around themselves and keeps their trash organized for pickup is Keeping It Real)
snorkeling / freediving cleanup
