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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Seafront

8 November, 2014

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
260 kgs (measured)

-17.737216, 168.312145

Survey Information

Location Name
Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
8 November, 2014
Survey Duration
54 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737216
Longitude: 168.312145
Weather Conditions
Windy and heavy rain the day before the dive but calm and sunny in day of dive.
Survey Depth Range
2–16 meters
Area Surveyed
47170 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 18
Bags: Trash (plastic) 10
Balloons 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 34
Caps & Lids (plastic) 13
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 26
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 33
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers 1
Plastic Fragments 45
Strapping Bands (plastic) 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 6
Fluorescent Light Tubes 1
Jars-food (glass) 8
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 59
Beverage Bottles (glass) 140
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 131
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Pipes & Rebar 14
Strapping Bands (metal) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 14
Wrappers (foil/metal) 32
Metal Fragments 4
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 2
Rubber Fragments 6
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Clothing 10
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Bottle opener made of a shell 1
ammunition shells (WW2), metal 28
sun glasses, plastic 1
scissors, metal and plastic 1
rubber gasket 1
roller, plastic 1
webbing 1
umbrella nylon and metal 2

World war two ammunitions shells and coke bottles.

beverage containers (plastic, glass and aluminium) - due to amount that we find in the ocean

fishing lines, area used by local fishermen - not much brought up as is tangled around coral and difficult to remove without breaking the coral

food wrappers (plastic and foil

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