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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Seafront

16 September, 2017

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
218 kgs (measured)

-17.737792385081, 168.31246921423

Survey Information

Location Name
Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
16 September, 2017
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737792385081
Longitude: 168.31246921423
Weather Conditions
Overcast and showers
Survey Depth Range
2–15 meters
Area Surveyed
1370.2 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 7
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 10
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 8
Fishing: Line 11
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Gloves (latex) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 7
Plastic Fragments 143
Strapping Bands (plastic) 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 139
Beverage Bottles (glass) 148
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 75
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 7
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
Metal Fragments 10
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 7
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 3
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 12
other materials collected
rubber boots 2
CDs 1
sellotape 2
light switches 2
shower gel bottle 1
cable tie 1
plastic reel 1
hair ties 2
plastic pot 1
pieces of silt curtain 4
clothes 5
playing cards 1
printer cartridge 1
roofing iron sheets 1
grinding discs - metal 2
tape measure measure metal 1
pieces of fibreglass 20
wooden door stop 1
sunglasses - plastic 1
wallet - cloth 1

seawall rehabilitation project - silt curtains left behind Fibreglass is stilling found from boats smashed during cyclone Pam in 2015

pair of wellies

silt curtain from the sea wall renovations

bottles and cans due to the volume

fishing line

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