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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Pigeon Cay

7 March, 2024

Team Leader
Hanna
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
316 lbs (measured)

16.096809906039, -86.897136114085

Survey Information

Location Name
Pigeon Cay
Organization/Dive Centre
Bay Islands College of Diving
City
Utila
Country
Honduras
Date
7 March, 2024
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.096809906039
Longitude: -86.897136114085
Weather Conditions
Clear, calm and sunny
Survey Depth Range
4–12 meters
Area Surveyed
50 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: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 82
Fishing: Line 18
Food Wrappers (plastic) 28
Plastic Fragments 195
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 149
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 50
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Cars & Car Parts 3
Strapping Bands (metal) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 19
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 12
Rope And String (cloth) 13
Cloth Fragments 41
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 59
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Tampons 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Plastic

Local pollution on a dock

Toilet

Ceramic tiles

Fishing line

Cloth/ burlap bags

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