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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Caleta Venecia

19 September, 2011

Team Leader
Kelsey
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
30 lbs (measured)

28.052591, -111.264038

Survey Information

Location Name
Caleta Venecia
Organization/Dive Centre
Prescott College
City
roughly 25 miles north of San Carlos, along the coast
Country
Mexico
Date
19 September, 2011
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.052591
Longitude: -111.264038
Weather Conditions
mostly calm the previous week, some wind from the west the past couple of days
Survey Depth Range
– feet
Area Surveyed
50 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 5
Balls 1
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 15
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 20
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 10
Diapers/nappies 2
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 15
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 30
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 4
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Number Entangled 4
Comments found various species of snails in a mesh net that was found

this is a fishing camp that is commonly used by local fisherman, also a picnic area for families. It was also the Mexican Independence day the week before which may have brought some people to the area to hang out.

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This area is a long narrow cove with the opening pointing directly west. It seems this area is a natural place for trash accumulation. Also it is fishing camp used frequently by the locals as well as a picnic area used frequently.It is remote and only accessible when there has been no rain, because the road leading to it is a arroyo and becomes a creek when it rains. Lots of plastic bags and debris floating in the shallow water along the sides of the cove, and lots of debris on the beach.

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