plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic)
3
Balls
3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic)
3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic)
80
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed)
1
Caps & Lids (plastic)
6
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar
14
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic)
12
Fishing: Line
15
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles
8
Food Wrappers (plastic)
17
Furnishings (plastic)
1
Gloves (latex)
2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins
13
Straws, Stirrers
2
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass)
2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments
4
Beverage Bottles (glass)
48
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets
1
Rubber Bands
6
Tires/tyres
1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments
1
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags
20
Cloth Fragments
26
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc.
1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments
15
mixed materials collected
Clothing
63
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc
2
Tampons
1
Toys
3
other materials collected
Hairbrush
1
Swimming Cap (latex?)
1
Sunglasses
12
Oar segments (plastic)
4
Knife (fileting)
1
Retractable box cutter
1
Pair of Scissors
2
Wrist lanyard
2
Stereo earphone leads
1
CB speaker small rectangular
1
Bicycle Rim rear with spokes and gear sprockets
1
Metallic Scooter handle pillar
1
Portable Rain umbrella
1
Plastic Outdoor / Beach umbrella post & flange
1
Underwater torch
1
Plastic necklace and Crucifix
1
Intact chocolate bar
1
Intact Nescafe Coffee sachet
1
Metal beach fishing rod holder
1
Plastic tape
8
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name
Small flathead
Number Entangled
2
Status
released unharmed
Type of Debris
Unknown, probably towel or clothing
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name
Crab
Number Entangled
2
Status
released unharmed
Type of Debris
Unknown - probably towel or clothing
Other Animals
Species or Common Name
Blue Ringed Octopus
Number Entangled
1
Type of Debris
Unknown, found on sorting tarpaulin
Comments
Looked very heat stressed in sun, found almost upside down. Released into water.
Additional Information
Was there any event that could have contributed to the documented debris?
Swimming enclosure with large number of items lost, carelessly controlled and deliberately dumped
What were the most problematic debris items in your location?
plastic beverage bottles - used heavily in this area but too prone to easy loss and inconvenient to remove and dispose of environmentally respectfully
towels and swimming garments - these are unlikely to be dumped but numbers are considerable and whilst may provide some habitat could affect the natural covering of the seafloor
Glass beverage bottles. These may break and be trodden on by swimmers.
