Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Willow Beach
2 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Curtis Snaper
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 16 lbs (estimated)
35.874203, -114.662097
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Willow Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sin City Scuba
- City
- Willow Beach
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 2 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 28 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.874203
Longitude: -114.662097
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, Sunny.
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 45172.6 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Freshwater River
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Large Umbrella | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Birds | |
| Species or Common Name | Mallard Duck |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
| Comments | Birds appeared to have been caught in fishing line while diving down and mistaking lures for food. One was suspended mid water with fishing line wrapped around the foot and drowned. The other was laying on the bottom. |
Additional Information
Large umbrella
fishing line
fishing lures
