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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Carrs Bay, Montserrat

5 December, 2015

Team Leader
Charley Bartlett
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
20 kgs (estimated)

16.796304, -62.20923

Survey Information

Location Name
Carrs Bay, Montserrat
Organization/Dive Centre
Montserrat Island Dive Centre
City
Carr's Bay
Country
Montserrat
Date
5 December, 2015
Survey Duration
66 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.796304
Longitude: -62.20923
Weather Conditions
Earlier swells from the north, calming through the week to low waves. Bay protected by stronger winds from the Atlantic
Survey Depth Range
3.2–5.3 meters
Area Surveyed
750 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 22
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cigar Tips 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 27
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tampon Applicators 1
Plastic Fragments 48
Cigarette Filters 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 15
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 5
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 13
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 12
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 19
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Toys 1
other materials collected
Weed whacker broken in parts 1

Strimmer/ weed whacker broken and wedged under a rock

plastic retail bags - wrapped around any corals with branches or stems

clothing - were wrapped around multiple branches of coral living side by side

fishing line - some had been ingested by the coral, others were so wrapped around coral and rock that they were attracting life to live in its shelterthat

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