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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Palmera

16 June, 2023

Team Leader
Charles Hay
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

19.75499, -70.525932

Survey Information

Location Name
Palmera
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Cabarete
City
Sosua
Country
Dominican Republic
Date
16 June, 2023
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 19.75499
Longitude: -70.525932
Weather Conditions
Hot & humid
Survey Depth Range
12–15 meters
Area Surveyed
250 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 7
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Plastic Fragments 4
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 6
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Cloth Fragments 23
mixed materials collected
Clothing 9
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Toys 1
other materials collected
Child's Tricycle 1
Plastic Gun 1
Metal Spring 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Decorator Crab
Number Entangled 6
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Cloth Fragment
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Brittle Star
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Clothing Fragment

Nearby local community poor waste management.

Child's Tricycle

Cloth Fragment

Clothing

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