Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
29 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Mandy Schouren
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
-41.2918259, 174.83463589999997
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS275 - Mahanga Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Wellington
- City
- Wellington
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- 29 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -41.2918259
Longitude: 174.83463589999997
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 350 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- kelp
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 5 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 35 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 39 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Pygmy octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | beverage can |
Additional Information
fishing lines and sinkers!
