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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS124 - The Gallery

29 June, 2016

Team Leader
Renee Street
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
29 kgs (measured)

-8.36514, 116.08496

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS124 - The Gallery
Organization/Dive Centre
7Seas Dive Gili
City
Gili Air
Country
Indonesia
Date
29 June, 2016
Survey Duration
47 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -8.36514
Longitude: 116.08496
Weather Conditions
Very high waves and occasional rain.
Survey Depth Range
5–16.9 meters
Area Surveyed
7500 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 8
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 31
Caps & Lids (plastic) 11
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 23
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 60
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 7
Wrappers (foil/metal) 8
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 24
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
metal spring 1
thermos 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crab
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris burlap bags
Comments Also a small sea urchin was entangled.

Thermos completely intact full of glass.

burlap bags - the reason for all 3 is the same. . .improper disposal. Poor waste management system in the Gili's and Lombok.

plastic water bottles

plastic fragments

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