Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Carrs Bay, Montserrat
1 February, 2016
- Team Leader
- Charley Bartlett
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
16.796792, -62.209382
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Carrs Bay, Montserrat
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Montserrat Island Dive Centre
- City
- Carr's Bay
- Country
- Montserrat
- Date
- 1 February, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 16 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.796792
Longitude: -62.209382
- Weather Conditions
-
calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 255 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 13 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Cigarette Filters | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 16 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tetra Pak drink container | 1 |
Additional Information
ghost fishing lines - hooks drifting free
single use items - cups, cans, bottles, take-out food packaging
fishing line entangled around the coral
Comments and Feedback
This is the third monthly Dive Against Debris at this site and every month we find a similar amount of waste washed from the shores. We shall continue with our monthly Dive Against Debris to promote positive change and awareness.
