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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Willow Beach

29 January, 2016

Team Leader
Curtis Snaper
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
10 lbs (estimated)

35.874041, -114.662001

Survey Information

Location Name
Willow Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
SinCityScuba / Sport Chalet
City
boulder city
Country
United States
Date
29 January, 2016
Survey Duration
25 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.874041
Longitude: -114.662001
Weather Conditions
Sunny, Calm.
Survey Depth Range
10–40 feet
Area Surveyed
78372.9 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Fresh water river
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 12
Plastic Fragments 3
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 9
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 12
Entangled Animals
Birds
Species or Common Name Mallard Duck
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris Bird bodies
Comments Birds appeared to have been entagled in fishing line and drowned, aprox depth was 10-15ft deep directly infront of a fishing pier.

Fishing pier near a fish hatchery. Dozens of fishing lures and hundreds of feet of fishing line abandoned in the immediate area. Fisherman take full cans of sardines, tuna, dogfood and poke holes and throw into the water in the attempt of chumming the area.

Entangled and drowned ducks.

fishing line

lures

tin cans

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