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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

KAREKO PASIR

22 April, 2014

Team Leader
DANIELLE DRURY
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
65 kgs (measured)

90, 1.471127

Survey Information

Location Name
KAREKO PASIR
Organization/Dive Centre
TWO FISH DIVERS LEMBEH
City
BITUNG
Country
Indonesia
Date
22 April, 2014
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 90
Longitude: 1.471127
Weather Conditions
Westerly wind
Survey Depth Range
1–15 meters
Area Surveyed
900 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 18
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 315
Caps & Lids (plastic) 9
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Diapers/nappies 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 265
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 7
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 12
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 3
mixed materials collected
Clothing 58
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 12
Tampons 1
Toys 1
other materials collected
PLASTIC RICE SACK 14
LINOLEUM FRAGMENTS 26
ZINC ROOFING SHEET 1
THERMOS 1
BROOM HANDLE (METAL) 1
UMBRELLA 1
MOSQUITO APPLIANCE 1
TOOTHPASTE TUBE 4
PLUG EXTENSION 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name MANTIS SHRIMP
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris CLOTHING
Other Animals
Species or Common Name COCONUT OCTOPUS
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris RICE SACK
Comments Octopus crawled out of rice sack on the boat, unsure of how it was entangled

Electronic anti-mosquito appliance

plastic beverage containers

plastic wrappers

plastic rice sacks (karong)


The dive site is in front of a village. When talking to locals they says that the rubbish collection truck does not come as far as their villgae (but does collect from other villages on the island). Most of the debris is estimated to come from the inhabitants of the village and their fishing boats (either discarded over board or blown overboard).

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