Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Des Moines Marina
21 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Madison Churchill
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 125 lbs (measured)
47.401983, -122.333954
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Des Moines Marina
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Seattle Dive Tours
- City
- Des Moines
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 21 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 47.401983
Longitude: -122.333954
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–60 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 6 |
| Balloons | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 20 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 101 |
| Gloves (latex) | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 7 |
| Tampon Applicators | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Cigarette Filters | 476 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 17 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 29 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 12 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 7 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 13 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| construction materials | 12 |
| E-cigarettes | 6 |
| other unidentifiable waste | 32 |
| metal scraps | 133 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | inside plastic bottles |
Additional Information
The site is under a fishing pier with heavy fishing traffic
Parts of a gun, multiple cellphones
Crab pot- can continue catching marine life while untethered
Squid jigs- cause puncture risk and choking hazard to fish
Plastic!!!
