Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS254 - Flinders Pier
21 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Liz Harper
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
-38.4755384, 145.0260987
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS254 - Flinders Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ocean Divers
- City
- Bentleigh East, Melbourne
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 21 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.4755384
Longitude: 145.0260987
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| Cigarette Filters | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 13 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Scissors | 1 |
| Oil Lantern | 1 |
| Writing Pen | 1 |
Additional Information
Glass Bottles
Food and Drink Cans
Fishing Items, Lures, Fishing Line, Packaging, Fishing rods
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