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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mahanga Bay Clean Up

12 June, 2021

Team Leader
Claire Murphy
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (estimated)

-41.292586803839, 174.83277872747

Survey Information

Location Name
Mahanga Bay Clean Up
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive HQ Wellington
City
Wellington
Country
New Zealand
Date
12 June, 2021
Survey Duration
44 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -41.292586803839
Longitude: 174.83277872747
Weather Conditions
Southerly winds
Survey Depth Range
1–12 meters
Area Surveyed
6431 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Harbour
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Line 15
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Plastic Fragments 4
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 10
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 1
Tampons 1
other materials collected
Cheese slice 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Status released unharmed
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing line
Comments Lots of fishing line around the seahorse and the weed it was attached to

It's a favourite fishing area

Fishing debris

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