Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sam's Tours Dock
15 February, 2015
- Team Leader
- Michele Felberg
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 lbs (estimated)
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sam's Tours Dock
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sam's Tours Palau
- City
- Koror
- Country
- Palau
- Date
- 15 February, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude:
Longitude:
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 150 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 8 |
| Fishing: Line | 300 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Gloves (latex) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 3 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 23 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 6 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 7 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 12 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 7 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 4 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 7 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 15 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 18 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
Additional Information
The previous owners of the property next door were a longline fishing company that dumped their waste overboard instead of disposing of it properly.
A chef's knife, old fishing lure, glass medicine bottles
fishing line
batteries
plastic pieces
