2) Before you move on, fill out the rest of the details on the “Marine Debris Beach Survey” page
(surveyor and site details)
3) It doesn’t matter if you go to the left or right of the access point for transects, on small beaches or
to survey different habitat types you may have to go on both sides. Choose a side and walk at least
50m, make it 100m or more if you can. Also, if possible try to have natural vegetation at the
backshore (might be grasses, shrubs or trees, try not to have a ‘manicured lawn).
4) Once away 50 – 100m from the access point, at the waters edge, put in one of your transect
markers. If possible use a random method to select the final location of the transect (for example
pick a random number and walk the number of steps). Fill in as much of the first page of the
“transect data” as you can (note: this will be transect 1)