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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Docks in Isla Mujeres

22 April, 2017

Team Leader
Shyla Sparks and Kai Creamer
Number of Participants
114
Total Debris Collected
512 kgs (measured)

21.255213, -86.747111

Survey Information

Location Name
Docks in Isla Mujeres
Organization/Dive Centre
Action for Isla
City
Isla Mujeres
Country
Mexico
Date
22 April, 2017
Survey Duration
95 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 21.255213
Longitude: -86.747111
Weather Conditions
calm and sunny. Previously windy and wavy with rain.
Survey Depth Range
1–3 meters
Area Surveyed
1500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 64
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 13
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 73
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 14
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 92
Foam Insulation & Packaging 9
Food Wrappers (plastic) 34
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 18
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 56
Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers 1
Straws, Stirrers 41
Plastic Fragments 87
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 75
Beverage Bottles (glass) 215
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 9
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 131
Caps & Lids (metal) 40
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 15
Metal Fragments 112
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 18
Rubber Fragments 28
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 28
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 6
Rope And String (cloth) 13
Towels/rags 43
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 10
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 5
other materials collected
sunglasses 6
bed comforter 1
fiberglass fragments 30
styrofoam box 1
turtle bones 5

Bed comforter

beverage bottles- beer bottles thrown into ocean due to lack of trash bins

turtle bones- fisherman are still hunting them here

snorkels- thrown into ocean from catamaran tours from cancun

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