Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Trellis Bay
15 August, 2013
- Team Leader
- Kit Arton
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 lbs (estimated)
18.446311, -64.532061
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Trellis Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sail Caribbean divers
- City
- Beef Island
- Country
- British Virgin Islands
- Date
- 15 August, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.446311
Longitude: -64.532061
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 19003.2 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fiberglass | 1 |
| clothes Peg | 2 |
| Sunglasses | 2 |
| cassette tape | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Mantis Shrimp, |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Aluminum Can |
| Comments | Found inside aluminum can, released unharmed |
Additional Information
Picture Frame
