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COULIBISTRI DOMINICA

21 August, 2014

Team Leader
ALAIN GOVAERTS
Number of Participants
17
Total Debris Collected
130 kgs (measured)

Survey Information

Location Name
COULIBISTRI DOMINICA
Organization/Dive Centre
LES PLONGEURS DU MONDE
City
SALISBURY
Country
Dominica
Date
21 August, 2014
Survey Duration
135 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude:
Longitude:
Weather Conditions
good
Survey Depth Range
0–0 meters
Area Surveyed
1299 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 16
Bags: Trash (plastic) 79
Balloons 3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 61
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 64
Caps & Lids (plastic) 46
Cigarette Lighters 4
Cotton Bud Sticks 33
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 35
Diapers/nappies 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 43
Straws, Stirrers 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 10
Plastic Fragments 10
Cigarette Filters 55
Rope (plastic/nylon) 13
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 64
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 54
Caps & Lids (metal) 46
rubber materials collected
Condoms 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 33
mixed materials collected
Toys 5
other materials collected
Appliances 03
building material 01
rope 13
straws 05
buoys 02
fishing line 03
fishing lures 11

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