Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Utila Harbour
13 March, 2014
- Team Leader
- Lucie Brown
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 85 lbs (measured)
16.096013, -86.898299
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Utila Harbour
- Organization/Dive Centre
- WSORC
- City
- Utila
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 13 March, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.096013
Longitude: -86.898299
- Weather Conditions
-
Ranging from calm to slight.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 10 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 4 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 13 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 53 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 3 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 33 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 14 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 5 Lempira Bill | 1 |
| Frying pan lid- glass | 1 |
| Toothpaste tubes | 2 |
| small plastic brush | 1 |
| plastic laminate sheet | 11 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glass Bottle |
| Comments | Stuck in glass beer bottle. |
Additional Information
Lots of beer bottles, drink cans and plastic bottles. Survey site in shore line area very close to many bars and resturants.
Electric fan remote
Glass bottles
Aluminium drink cans
Plastic bottles
