plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic)
141
Bait Containers, Packaging
12
Balloons
2
Balls
3
Baskets, Crates
1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed)
2
Caps & Lids (plastic)
3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar
2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic)
8
Diapers/nappies
2
Fishing: Line
2500
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles
130
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets
13
Foam Insulation & Packaging
2
Food Wrappers (plastic)
2
Furnishings (plastic)
1
Gloves (latex)
1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins
6
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap
1
Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers
1
Straws, Stirrers
5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers
2
Plastic Fragments
12
Cigarette Filters
7
Strapping Bands (plastic)
9
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments
16
Beverage Bottles (glass)
11
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands
2
Rubber Fragments
3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments
2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth)
1
Rope And String (cloth)
8
Towels/rags
2
Cloth Fragments
16
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons
2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments
3
mixed materials collected
Clothing
21
Toys
1
other materials collected
Turtle Skull
1
Parrot Fish Jaw Bone
1
Sunglasses
4
Anchors
4
Insulation Tape Pieces
18
Moisture Muncher
1
Socks
7
Coathanger
1
Marble
1
Beach Umbrella
1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name
Spotted Moray and GT
Number Entangled
2
Status
released unharmed
Type of Debris
Hook and Line
Comments
Removed hooks and line from the side of the Moray and released.
Cut line from GT unable to remove hook, fish swam away and quickly rejoined the school.
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name
Blue Swimmer Crab
Number Entangled
1
Status
dead
Type of Debris
Line
Comments
Line entanglement, heavily imbedded into joints. Remove line and hooks and left for the fish to eat.
Additional Information
Was there any event that could have contributed to the documented debris?
Highly fished, high usage area.
What was the most unusual item found?
Beach Umbrella and Turtle Skull.
What were the most problematic debris items in your location?
Fishing Line
Lead
Hooks
Comments and Feedback
Comments, Suggestions, or Feedback
Item 22 - Fishing line. We were left with nine 70L buckets of line with a weight of 14.7kg. 2500 is a very conservative guess for this amount of line.
Additional Information
Environmental Divers - Clean Up Australia Day Clean Up Dive Event.
