Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tobacco Caye Back Reef
17 March, 2023
- Team Leader
- Taylor Dupont
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 lbs (estimated)
16.895900560647, -88.062842677375
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tobacco Caye Back Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tobacco Caye Marine Station
- City
- Tobacco Caye
- Country
- Belize
- Date
- 17 March, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 96 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.895900560647
Longitude: -88.062842677375
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, 28C, calm conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–9.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 12 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 11 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | tangled in fishing line |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | soft coral |
| Number Entangled | 11 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
| Comments | nearly all fishing lines were tangles in soft corals |
Additional Information
Fishing lines
