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Seafront

4 June, 2016

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
277 kgs (measured)

-17.737218, 168.312086

Survey Information

Location Name
Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
4 June, 2016
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737218
Longitude: 168.312086
Weather Conditions
Sunny and showers
Survey Depth Range
2–18 meters
Area Surveyed
9164.42 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) 5
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 16
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 6
Fishing: Line 8
Food Wrappers (plastic) 20
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 6
Syringes (plastic) 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 16
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 4
Jars-food (glass) 1
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 52
Beverage Bottles (glass) 109
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 2
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 71
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 10
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 15
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 21
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 17
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 4
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 12
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 4
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
other materials collected
Port hole, glass 1
CD wallet full of CDs, plastic 1
document folder, plastic and paper 2
tennis ball 1
plastic bowl 5
hose, plastic 1
sunglasses (plastic) 2
pencil case plastic 1
sandpaper 1
Wheel, plastic 1
CD 1
Toilet Bowl 1
Fibreglass pieces 16
small tam-tam, stone 1

We are still finding debris from boats wrecked during Cyclone Pam in March 2015.

Wallet full of CDs (Neil Diamond, Phil Colins amongst others)

bottles and cans - always find large numbers, possibly dumped by visiting yachties

Plastic for wrappers and plastic bags. The site is next to a public park

Debris from boats wrecked during cyclone Pam in March 2015

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