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The Gallery

11 May, 2016

Team Leader
Renee Street
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
15 kgs (measured)

Survey Information

Location Name
The Gallery
Organization/Dive Centre
7Seas Dive Gili
City
Gili Air
Country
Indonesia
Date
11 May, 2016
Survey Duration
39 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude:
Longitude:
Weather Conditions
Sunny. Hot. No precipitation or strong winds.
Survey Depth Range
3–26 meters
Area Surveyed
7500 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) 5
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Balloons 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Diapers/nappies 6
Fishing: Line 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 44
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 41
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 7
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 4
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 24
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Cowrie
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Plastic Bags
Comments Both were wrapped in plastic bags. They were removed as soon as discovered and returned to the ocean.

Nothing out of the ordinary in the next week.

This week there was nothing particularly unusual.

Plastic Bags

Plastic Bottles

Plastic Food Wrappers

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