Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Willow Beach
29 January, 2016
- Team Leader
- Curtis Snaper
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 lbs (estimated)
35.874041, -114.662001
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Willow Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SinCityScuba / Sport Chalet
- City
- boulder city
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 29 January, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 25 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.874041
Longitude: -114.662001
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, Calm.
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 78372.9 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Fresh water river
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 9 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Birds | |
| Species or Common Name | Mallard Duck |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Bird bodies |
| Comments | Birds appeared to have been entagled in fishing line and drowned, aprox depth was 10-15ft deep directly infront of a fishing pier. |
Additional Information
Fishing pier near a fish hatchery. Dozens of fishing lures and hundreds of feet of fishing line abandoned in the immediate area. Fisherman take full cans of sardines, tuna, dogfood and poke holes and throw into the water in the attempt of chumming the area.
Entangled and drowned ducks.
fishing line
lures
tin cans
