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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

BICD Dock area

22 November, 2022

Team Leader
Renata Bonfa
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
22 lbs (measured)

16.096440852519, -86.897017569886

Survey Information

Location Name
BICD Dock area
Organization/Dive Centre
Bay Islands College of Diving
City
Utila
Country
Honduras
Date
22 November, 2022
Survey Duration
29 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.096440852519
Longitude: -86.897017569886
Weather Conditions
It has been raining constantly with a bit of windy
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
50 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Plastic Fragments 10
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 2
other materials collected
parts of fiber glass 3
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crabs and shrimps
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris fishing lines and pieces of nets

socks

plastic fragments


Unfortunately our boat broke down on the way to our usual dive against debris site, and we improvised by cleaning off the dock of our Dive Center.

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