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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Macandrew Bay, Dunedin

15 September, 2012

Team Leader
Emma Young
Number of Participants
32
Total Debris Collected
271 kgs (measured)

-45.869931, 170.59742

Survey Information

Location Name
Macandrew Bay, Dunedin
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Otago Ltd
City
Dunedin
Country
New Zealand
Date
15 September, 2012
Survey Duration
240 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -45.869931
Longitude: 170.59742
Weather Conditions
Snow/Sleet/Rain
Survey Depth Range
– meters
Area Surveyed
m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Silt/sandy bottom with lots of sea lettuce.
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 55
Bags: Trash (plastic) 28
Balls 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 20
Bottles: Oil/lube 4
Caps & Lids (plastic) 65
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Fishing: Line 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 27
Food Wrappers (plastic) 75
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Straws, Stirrers 23
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 5
Plastic Fragments 40
Cigarette Filters 5
Strapping Bands (plastic) 9
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 109
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 250
Beverage Bottles (glass) 43
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 16
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 4
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 2
Strapping Bands (metal) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 8
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 12
rubber materials collected
Condoms 1
Gloves (rubber) 4
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 8
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 15
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 6
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 6
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 14
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 11
Clothing 3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Road Cones 6
Pipe 1
Shopping Trolley 1
Suitcase 1
Umbrella 1
Mattress Stuffing 1
Corrugated Iron 1
Camper Chair 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Comments Seahorse on the shopping trolley.

Human populated area. Road works in the area recently.

Suitcase which had been modified into a cray pot. A tyre and hub cap with netting also modified as cray pot.

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