Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sam's Tours & Royal Belau Yacht Club Mooring Harbour
21 April, 2012
- Team Leader
- Charity Shaw
- Number of Participants
- 65
- Total Debris Collected
- 700 lbs (measured)
7.339057, 134.45446
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sam's Tours & Royal Belau Yacht Club Mooring Harbour
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sam's Tours
- City
- Malakal
- Country
- Palau
- Date
- 21 April, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.339057
Longitude: 134.45446
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- – meters
- Area Surveyed
- m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Sand and Coral areas
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
Fishing: Line | 1 |
Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
Plastic Fragments | 1 |
Cigarette Filters | 1 |
glass materials collected | |
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Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
metal materials collected | |
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Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
Metal Fragments | 1 |
rubber materials collected | |
---|---|
Tires/tyres | 1 |
Rubber Fragments | 1 |
wood materials collected | |
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Wood Fragments | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
mixed materials collected | |
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Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Toys | 1 |
Comments and Feedback
All debris was weighed to 700lbs, however the tally information is only indicative of the types of debris we collected, not how many pieces were collected. This was not counted.