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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

DROC - Three Rocks

20 October, 2022

Team Leader
Ana Pineda
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
2.72 kgs (estimated)

19.773056, -70.514972

Survey Information

Location Name
DROC - Three Rocks
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Cabarete
City
Sosua
Country
Dominican Republic
Date
20 October, 2022
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 19.773056
Longitude: -70.514972
Weather Conditions
Hot & Humid, occasional rain. Still noticing effects of Hurricane Fiona
Survey Depth Range
5–20 meters
Area Surveyed
400 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 19
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 9
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 4
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Plastic Shower Head 1
Hairtie 1
Human Hair Braid 1
Polystyrene Fragment 1
Electric Cable 4
Electric Tape 2
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Decorator Crab
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing Line

Hurricane Fiona

Braided Human Hair!

Fishing line wrapped in balls around coral


Perhaps a better way of recording fishing line - they were long pieces wrapped up in balls, which is more harmful to the reef than one small strand, but on the survey they count as the same.

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