Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Anthony Bell Wreck & Surrounding Reef
8 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Hayley-Jo Carr
- Number of Participants
- 19
- Total Debris Collected
- 70 lbs (estimated)
25.018573, -77.575665
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Anthony Bell Wreck & Surrounding Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas
- City
- Nassau
- Country
- Bahamas
- Date
- 8 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.018573
Longitude: -77.575665
- Weather Conditions
-
Thunder Storms and Heavy Rain.Hot and sunny intervals.
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–70 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 200 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 400 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 11 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Boat Window including Frame | 1 |
Additional Information
Car wheel rim
Fishing Line - Fishermen getting line caught on the reef
Fishing sinkers,lures,hooks, (same reason as fishing line)
Rope & String - off fishing boats?
Comments and Feedback
The event was a great success and all the divers had fun!
There is still plenty of fishing line to remove so I will be organizing another clean-up at the site again soon!
