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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Utila Harbour

11 October, 2014

Team Leader
Louise Anderson
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
50 lbs (measured)

16.096438, -86.897049

Survey Information

Location Name
Utila Harbour
Organization/Dive Centre
WSORC
City
Utila
Country
Honduras
Date
11 October, 2014
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.096438
Longitude: -86.897049
Weather Conditions
Rainstorms, high winds
Survey Depth Range
0–2 meters
Area Surveyed
17900 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 16
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 20
Cigarette Filters 1
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 9
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 8
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crabs, shrimp, mantis shrimp
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic bottles

Presence of dock bars over the water with poor waste disposal.

Child's shoe

Beverage bottles <2L

Plastic fragments

aluminium cans

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