Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dolphin Sanctuary Garden Island Marine Parks
14 April, 2019
- Team Leader
- Erika Sullivan
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 5.5 kgs (estimated)
-34.805661, 138.542163
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dolphin Sanctuary Garden Island Marine Parks
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Adelaide Scuba
- City
- Adelaide
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 14 April, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.805661
Longitude: 138.542163
- Weather Conditions
-
Mild rain overcast
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–4.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 21462.4 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- 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) | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 6 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Gudgeon |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fish net |
| Comments | We were to release |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Blue Swimmer Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Net |
| Comments | Release while rallying |
Additional Information
High use of boats and kayakers
Bullet and car
Tin cans
Fishing gear
Recreational debris
Comments and Feedback
The car had marine growth and was too big to remove
Dolphin sanctuary. Estuary.
