Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Blue Hole
1 December, 2018
- Team Leader
- Maria G. Fanelli
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 131 kgs (measured)
5.338588, 163.022833
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Blue Hole
- Organization/Dive Centre
- KATO/Micronesia Eco Divers/KIRMA
- City
- Lelu
- Country
- Micronesia
- Date
- 1 December, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.338588
Longitude: 163.022833
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1040 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 60 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 50 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 20 |
| Diapers/nappies | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 31 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 5 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 11 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 249 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 6 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rim | 1 |
Additional Information
Styrofoam Containers. Used daily by hundreds of residents, they fly quickly into the ocean. Fish and seabirds confuse them for food and die from starvation.
Plastic bottles, many floating
Fishing lines. Breaking corals and entangling fish.
Comments and Feedback
Metal could result as the most relevant, but only because they sink in the ocean and can be easily collected. These items usually do not break apart into small pieces. We can estimate that the quantity of Plastic and Styrofoam should be more relevant, these items typically float in the ocean, breaking into fragments. They are very dangerous for marine life.
