Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS556 - Portarlington Pier
7 June, 2020
- Team Leader
- Aza Idoumbin
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
-38.111933416234, 144.65161074507
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS556 - Portarlington Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Australian Diving Instruction
- City
- Portarlington Pier
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 7 June, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.111933416234
Longitude: 144.65161074507
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3135.22 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 4 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 24 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Status | dead |
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Banjo Shark / Skate rays |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Not provided |
| Comments | Fisherman cut their heads and chuck them back in water |
