Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mininos
22 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Tracy Gunn
- Number of Participants
- 23
- Total Debris Collected
- 111 kgs (measured)
21.255824, -86.748759
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mininos
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Pocna Dive Center
- City
- Isla Mujeres
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 22 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 21.255824
Longitude: -86.748759
- Weather Conditions
-
Excellent and Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 0.5–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7000 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 21 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 33 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 36 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 13 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 22 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 69 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 211 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 81 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 10 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 12 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
Additional Information
2 boiled eggs
Beverage Bottles, fishermen
Cans, fishermen
plastic cups, fishermen
