ADS98 - Carr's Bay
2 December, 2017
- Team Leader
- Charley Bartlett
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 11.5 kgs (measured)
16.797613, -62.209875
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS98 - Carr's Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Montserrat Island Dive Centre
- Country
- Montserrat
- Date
- 2 December, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 61 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.797613
Longitude: -62.209875
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm with rising swells
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.4–9.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 25 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 22 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 61 |
| Cigarette Filters | 4 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 24 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 23 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| sanitary towel (plastic) | 1 |
| pillow case (cloth) | 1 |
| ribbon (cloth) | 1 |
| clothes peg (plastic) | 1 |
| Boat part (plastic) | 1 |
| Seat sponge (plastic)?? | 1 |
| Remote Control Button Console (Rubber) | 1 |
Additional Information
It's 2 months after the seasons hurricanes, giving time for the debris to settle or have been carried away...
Underpants! (however much the team enjoyed posing with them! It's just weird!)
Micro plastics - looking like fish food, whilst we do our best to collect everything, it's hard when the particles are so small
Cans - they fill with sand and sink, they stay there till they break down, which could take over 50 years
People - we create the garbage, we put it there! If we didn't use it, it would be neglected because it wouldn't have been produced... Make wise choices!
Comments and Feedback
It's great to have a dedicated team eager to help clean up the environment. Montserrat Island Dive Centre now has 5 Dive Against Debris Specialty Divers to help make a difference, as well as a wonderful array of passing people who care to make a difference both on land and underwater
