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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Pigeon Cay

4 August, 2019

Team Leader
MARIA EUGENIA DARINO
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
238 kgs (measured)

16.064776955333, -86.964551554049

Survey Information

Location Name
Pigeon Cay
Organization/Dive Centre
UTILA WATER SPORTS
City
UTILA
Country
Honduras
Date
4 August, 2019
Survey Duration
62 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.064776955333
Longitude: -86.964551554049
Weather Conditions
CALM
Survey Depth Range
2–10 meters
Area Surveyed
700 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
SAND
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 20
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 27
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 80
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Bottles: Oil/lube 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 25
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 102
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 14
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Plastic Fragments 200
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 20
Beverage Bottles (glass) 30
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 70
Caps & Lids (metal) 10
Metal Fragments 15
Fishing: Traps & Pots 10
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Toys 1

is a small island so most of the people put the rubish in the sea. We even found a whole metal roof underwater. In one house they changed the roof and the old metal parts went to the sea right below the house.

skateboard

single use plastic

fishing nets and traps

plastic bottles

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