Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pigeon Caye AWARE WEEK Dive
18 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Justin Benson
- Number of Participants
- 17
- Total Debris Collected
- 600 lbs (estimated)
16.412604, -86.120888
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pigeon Caye AWARE WEEK Dive
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bay Islands College of Diving
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 18 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.412604
Longitude: -86.120888
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm and no winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 15 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 58 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 530 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 46 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 74 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 19 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 37 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 18 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 160 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 75 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 222 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 14 |
| Towels/rags | 17 |
| Cloth Fragments | 16 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 30 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 10 |
| Toys | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | LONG SNOUT SEAHORSE |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | OCTOPUS, CRABS, DAMSEL FISH, BEARDED TOAD FISH, AND A JUVENILE TOAD FISH |
Additional Information
The local island itself called Pigeon Caye, dumps their trash out of convenience versus hauling it to the main island to be disposed of properly.
Samsung Galaxy tablet
oil filters, due to the contamination they have caused the environment
Microwave
Fiberglass, approximately 40 pounds we removed of it alone.
