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Marley's Garden

9 September, 2018

Team Leader
Timi
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
15 kgs (estimated)

18.522913, -77.773645

Survey Information

Location Name
Marley's Garden
Organization/Dive Centre
Dressel Divers
City
Lilliput
Country
Jamaica
Date
9 September, 2018
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 18.522913
Longitude: -77.773645
Weather Conditions
Fine
Survey Depth Range
5–18 meters
Area Surveyed
70.45 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 7
Baskets, Crates 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 10
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 20
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 16
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Plastic Fragments 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 6
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 4
Clothing 3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Entangled Animals
Sharks & Rays
Species or Common Name Nurse Shark
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Drift net
Comments Caught by tail from drift net on reef

Discarded fishing nets/pods

Bottles

Styrofoam containers

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