Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Qui Si Sana Sliema
15 August, 2023
- Team Leader
- Tim Yarrow
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 kgs (estimated)
35.9119874, 14.5076971
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Qui Si Sana Sliema
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Diveshack Scuba School
- City
- Sliema
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 15 August, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.9119874
Longitude: 14.5076971
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear light to moderate wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6.1 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 800 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 13 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 377 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 2 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 21 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 25 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 47 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 8 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Small fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Plastic tape |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Cloth |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea snails |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cloth |
Additional Information
No
Car parts
Plastic
Rubber
Metal cans
