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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Honokohau Harbor

25 January, 2020

Team Leader
Katelynn Kenworthy
Number of Participants
31
Total Debris Collected
5300 lbs (estimated)

19.668725587311, -156.021785458

Survey Information

Location Name
Honokohau Harbor
Organization/Dive Centre
Jack’s Diving Locker
City
Kailua-Kona
Country
United States
Date
25 January, 2020
Survey Duration
51 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 19.668725587311
Longitude: -156.021785458
Weather Conditions
Flat/calm
Survey Depth Range
2–12 feet
Area Surveyed
12817.5 ft2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 6
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Carpet (synthetic) 12
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Fishing: Line 35
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 23
Food Wrappers (plastic) 15
Furnishings (plastic) 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Straws, Stirrers 11
Plastic Fragments 24
Rope (plastic/nylon) 12
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 8
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 2
Metal Fragments 19
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 45
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
Fishing: Traps & Pots 7
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 25
Cloth Fragments 13
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Nylon/rubber garden hosing 21
Boat anchors 2
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Undulated Moray Eel
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing line
Comments Animal had hook and fishing line stuck around neck and jaw. No other physical damage indicating a natural death.

Dumping of trash/dropping materials from boat operators

Bottle of orange nail polish

Tires

Fishing line

Micro plastics

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