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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Todd's playground

24 June, 2017

Team Leader
Liang Chen
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
36 lbs (measured)

20.518835, -86.950044

Survey Information

Location Name
Todd's playground
Organization/Dive Centre
Aldora Divers
City
Cozumel
Country
Mexico
Date
24 June, 2017
Survey Duration
95 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 20.518835
Longitude: -86.950044
Weather Conditions
South western winds of 12 knots. Smooth wavelets.
Survey Depth Range
30–70 feet
Area Surveyed
4050 ft2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 17
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Plastic Fragments 16
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 8
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
other materials collected
Scour pad 1
Fiber glass 3
Gel coat 1
Leather 1
Toothpaste tube 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Mithrax spinosissimus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing line

The failure to properly dispose of garbage, and the failure to follow proper fishing procedures.

A large book was the most unusual object obtained.

Fishing line

Nets

Plastic debris

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