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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS305 - House Reef

22 August, 2017

Team Leader
Kim Timmers
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
1.6 kgs (measured)

28.14203, -16.438416

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS305 - House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Tenerife Diving Academy
City
Abades
Country
Spain
Date
22 August, 2017
Survey Duration
32 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.14203
Longitude: -16.438416
Weather Conditions
Very calm, clear ocean, good visibility
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Plastic Fragments 8
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Grey Shrimp
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Net
Comments 3 small grey shrimp were found in the debris whilst measuring and collecting data, they were immediately taken back to the water and released.

Sock

Plastic, lots of of, especially fragments that were probably there for a long time

Fishing lines, even though it is a marine protected area

Bottle lids, there were many more on the beach

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