Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sam's Tours Dock
31 January, 2015
- Team Leader
- Michele Felberg
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 lbs (estimated)
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sam's Tours Dock
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sam's Tours Palau
- City
- Koror
- Country
- Palau
- Date
- 31 January, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 56 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude:
Longitude:
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–26 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 150 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 250 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 17 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 32 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 6 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 8 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 24 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 10 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 7 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 13 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
Same as for the previous data collected for this site - a longline fishing company used to own the property and spent years dumping their trash onto the reef
Folding chair, metal chimney starter for a grill
fishing line
batteries
plastic pieces
