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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Fekruna, St Paul’s Bay

18 September, 2024

Team Leader
Paddy Gilmore
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
250 kgs (estimated)

35.951845319089, 14.389079699179

Survey Information

Location Name
Fekruna, St Paul’s Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Orangeshark Dive Centre/ Ambjent Malta
City
St Paul’s Bay
Country
Malta
Date
18 September, 2024
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.951845319089
Longitude: 14.389079699179
Weather Conditions
Windy, rain
Survey Depth Range
2–12 meters
Area Surveyed
6960.47 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 22
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Baskets, Crates 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 23
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 29
Bottles: Oil/lube 5
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 5
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 10
Caps & Lids (plastic) 24
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 18
Cotton Bud Sticks 18
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 9
Diapers/nappies 2
Fishing: Line 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 41
Furnishings (plastic) 3
Tampon Applicators 3
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 6
Plastic Fragments 50
Cigarette Filters 41
Rope (plastic/nylon) 13
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 35
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 5
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 9
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 24
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Metal Fragments 14
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 4
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 8
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 5
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 32
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 11
Clothing 2
Tampons 4
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Goose necked barnacle
Number Entangled 21
Status injured
Type of Debris Various particulars wood and metal

Nothing specific. The area is a very busy working dock and popular with fishermen and bathers

Plastic furniture

Plastic various

Discarded lines

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