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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Gold Coast Seaway

26 March, 2016

Team Leader
Kelly Fletcher
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
30.6 kgs (measured)

-27.93664, 153.426301

Survey Information

Location Name
Gold Coast Seaway
Organization/Dive Centre
Environmental Divers
City
Brisbane
Country
Australia
Date
26 March, 2016
Survey Duration
58 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -27.93664
Longitude: 153.426301
Weather Conditions
FINE
Survey Depth Range
3–19 meters
Area Surveyed
35 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
Man made seaway entrance, rock wall with sand bottom
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Balloons 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 15000
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 39
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Straws, Stirrers 9
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Plastic Fragments 9
Cigarette Filters 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 9
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Pull Tabs-beverages 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 865
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 2
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Bong 2
Wire Spliced Cable 3

Fishing Line

Lead

Hooks

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