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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Port Vila Seafront

10 December, 2017

Team Leader
Christina Shaw
Number of Participants
19
Total Debris Collected
360 kgs (measured)

-17.737929146549, 168.3127995953

Survey Information

Location Name
Port Vila Seafront
Organization/Dive Centre
Big Blue Vanuatu
City
Port Vila
Country
Vanuatu
Date
10 December, 2017
Survey Duration
51 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -17.737929146549
Longitude: 168.3127995953
Weather Conditions
Tropical afternoon showers
Survey Depth Range
1–20 meters
Area Surveyed
4356.5 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) 40
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 118
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 10
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 18
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 10
Food Wrappers (plastic) 27
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 12
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 22
Strapping Bands (plastic) 9
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 122
Beverage Bottles (glass) 178
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 6
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 7
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 119
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 7
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 3
Pipes & Rebar 25
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 27
Metal Fragments 23
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 4
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 8
Wood Fragments 16
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
Bags (cloth) 6
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 3
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 6
Toys 1
other materials collected
Safety glasses 2
Sunglasses 4
Fibreglass pieces (like from boats wrecked in Cyclone Pam in 2015) 8
Paintbrush 1
Plastic name label 1
Tile 1
coat hanger 1
light fitting 1
Metal chain 1

Seawall reconstruction project has been happening over the last 2 year and the construction is now finished. But some of the construction materials have not been removed. The still curtain has sunk and is now on the seabed and dropped over coral. The plastic bottles used to hold up ad hold down the silt curtain have not been removed.

Wellington boot.

Silt curtain from the seawall construction

Plastic bottles from the seawall construction and from general waste from the public

Drinks bottles and cans - due to the volume of them


We reported the left over construction materials to the authorities in September. This time we have taken post and footage to demonstrate the problems and will be reporting it again.

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