Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Utila Harbor
16 July, 2014
- Team Leader
- Lucie Brown
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 lbs (measured)
16.096475, -86.901469
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Utila Harbor
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Whale Shark Oceanic Research Center
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 16 July, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.096475
Longitude: -86.901469
- Weather Conditions
-
Two days of rain and high wind, which calmed down two days before collection was conducted.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 17990.5 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) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 29 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 9 |
| Plastic Fragments | 41 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 20 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aluminum coffee packets | 2 |
| plastic floaty | 1 |
| plastic pog toys | 2 |
| headless barbie doll | 1 |
Additional Information
no
headless barbie doll
plastic drink bottles
large PVC piping
aluminum drink cans
