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ADS498 - Tuncurry Breakwall

22 March, 2019

Team Leader
Gabby Hunter
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
60 kgs (estimated)

-32.175318777976, 152.50219557862

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS498 - Tuncurry Breakwall
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Forster at Fisherman's Wharf
City
Tuncurry
Country
Australia
Date
22 March, 2019
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -32.175318777976
Longitude: 152.50219557862
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
945 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 25
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Plastic Fragments 10
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 5
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 10
Beverage Bottles (glass) 10
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 3
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 4
Metal Fragments 7
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 13
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 5
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2

step ladder

Fishing line

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