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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Beau Vallon Bay

22 September, 2019

Team Leader
Archil Mondon
Number of Participants
32
Total Debris Collected
84 kgs (estimated)

-4.6130973622101, 55.411400470961

Survey Information

Location Name
Beau Vallon Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
The Ocean Project Seychelles / Underwater Centre
City
Mahe
Country
Seychelles
Date
22 September, 2019
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -4.6130973622101
Longitude: 55.411400470961
Weather Conditions
Fair, with intermittent rainfall
Survey Depth Range
5–10 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 16
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Plastic Fragments 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 38
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 10
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 6
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Life Raft 1
Metal fish trap 1
Rope (cotton and synthetic) 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 5
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Rope,
Comments Found in seaweed growth on rope

Life raft converted into a Fish Aggregation Device (FAD)

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