Dive Against Debris Data Submission
St George Island, Goa, India
6 May, 2018
- Team Leader
- Venkatesh Charloo
- Number of Participants
- 26
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 kgs (measured)
15.352397029351, 73.764973763717
Survey Information
- Location Name
- St George Island, Goa, India
- Organization/Dive Centre
- BARRACUDA DIVING INDIA
- City
- ARPORA
- Country
- India
- Date
- 6 May, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.352397029351
Longitude: 73.764973763717
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Sand and roicks
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
Tourist boats involved in island picnics, fishing and snorkelling as well as refuse thrown overboard by boats, trawlers and ships which come in with the tides and waves
Skull of a Finless Porpoise
Plastic bottles
Glass bottles
Aluminium cans
Comments and Feedback
We are taking up the garbage disposal issue with local authorities as well as the stakeholders in order to find a permanent solution to this problem.
