Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Molinere Bay (Reef Edge)
3 March, 2018
- Team Leader
- Michelle
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (estimated)
12.082873276438, -61.763015282304
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Molinere Bay (Reef Edge)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- St. George’s
- Country
- Grenada
- Date
- 3 March, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.082873276438
Longitude: -61.763015282304
- Weather Conditions
-
Some rain, and swells
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2541.17 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Caribbean Spiny Lobster |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Nylon kite string |
| Comments | The lobster was attached to the reef with a line of nylon string that had wrapped round his antennae and wrapped around the reef so he was unable to move at all. The line had some growth in it, so he had been there for a little while. |
Additional Information
Kites are flown a lot around Easter on our island
Everything on this dive was pretty common
Plastic bottles
Fishing line
Styrofoam/plastic plates/food containers
Comments and Feedback
Dive site is probably the most common site we have. It is in the MPA.
