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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS229 - Kadena North Steps

15 January, 2017

Team Leader
Kevin King
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
29 lbs (measured)

26.359741, 127.738512

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS229 - Kadena North Steps
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive the Blues Scuba
City
Chatan-Cho
Country
Japan
Date
15 January, 2017
Survey Duration
58 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 26.359741
Longitude: 127.738512
Weather Conditions
Windy and growing seas, cold front moving through. Winds long-shore to slightly onshore. Light rain on and off.
Survey Depth Range
20–37 feet
Area Surveyed
580 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 13
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Plastic Fragments 5
Cigarette Filters 3
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Pipes & Rebar 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 2
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Metal Fragments 9
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 4
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 2
Rubber Bands 2
Rubber Fragments 7
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 7
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Toys 1
other materials collected
credit cards 2

Actually the opposite. I just did a larger DAD event on the 7th, and thus the relative cleanliness of this site this date.

Japanese graphic comic book fragments

Metal Cans

Plastic Cans

Plastic Fragments

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