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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS550 - Puerto López

5 May, 2019

Team Leader
Maria Cristina Izurieta
Number of Participants
19
Total Debris Collected
325 lbs (measured)

-1.561757518086, -80.816945418493

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS550 - Puerto López
Organization/Dive Centre
Mares Ecuador
City
Puerto Lopez
Country
Ecuador
Date
5 May, 2019
Survey Duration
43 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -1.561757518086
Longitude: -80.816945418493
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
3–6 meters
Area Surveyed
407 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Sandy bay
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 764
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1439
Bait Containers, Packaging 89
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 26
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 87
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 65
Bottles: Oil/lube 28
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 112
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 98
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 447
Fishing: Line 84
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 56
Foam Insulation & Packaging 82
Food Wrappers (plastic) 41
Straws, Stirrers 347
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 6
Toothbrushes 2
Plastic Fragments 29
Cigarette Filters 42
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 62
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 16
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 6
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 3
Pipes & Rebar 4
Fishing: Traps & Pots 3
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 12
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
Tires/tyres 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 9
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 34
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 12
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 21
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 4
Status dead
Type of Debris Bag of oil
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Bottles
Comments Mini starfishes, dead, found in tangled fishing lines

#DoMingasDeMares is a new project we just started between Mares Ecuador and Mingas por el Mar. We are going to do it first sunday of every month. We worked mainly in the bay, just below the fishing boats and the tourist pier. Between 19 divers we worked during one dive and people, most of us for almost an hour and couldn't collect everything we saw. Time flew away and all the divers wanted to go back down but we didn't have more tanks. We are more prepared for next DoMinga and with a new plan to cover better the same critical area.

A machete

Oil in plastic containers, some sealed, other spilled in water.

Fishing nets, ropes and fishermen implements.

Plastic: cups, straws, lids, etc.

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