Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Utila Lodge Dock
18 June, 2014
- Team Leader
- Lucie Brown
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 32 lbs (measured)
16.09672, -86.89716
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Utila Lodge Dock
- Organization/Dive Centre
- WSORC
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 18 June, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.09672
Longitude: -86.89716
- Weather Conditions
-
Really windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 409.174 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 6 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 13 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 68 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 81 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Back of a TV set | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bottle |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Cans |
| Comments | One was alive and one was dead |
Additional Information
Bars along waterfront
Back of a TV set
Aluminium drinks cans from bars
Plastic drink bottles from bars
Plastic fragment debris
