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Dive Against Debris Wellers Rock

22 September, 2018

Team Leader
Emma
Number of Participants
13
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (measured)

-45.7978, 170.715

Survey Information

Location Name
Dive Against Debris Wellers Rock
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Otago Ltd
City
Dunedin
Country
New Zealand
Date
22 September, 2018
Survey Duration
180 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -45.7978
Longitude: 170.715
Weather Conditions
Settled
Survey Depth Range
2–10 meters
Area Surveyed
460 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
kelp
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 21
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Baby Octopus
Comments Found dead must have been hiding in a bottle.

No

All regular items

Plastic bags and wrappers

beer bottles

wood fragments

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