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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Porto da Barra

22 September, 2012

Team Leader
Gerson Fernandino
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
9.9 kgs (measured)

-12.996619444444, -37.466438888889

Survey Information

Location Name
Porto da Barra
Organization/Dive Centre
City
Salvador
Country
Brazil
Date
22 September, 2012
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -12.996619444444
Longitude: -37.466438888889
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
3–5 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 14
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 15
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 7
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
other materials collected
fiberglass 4
wooden skewers 21
plastic hose 1
painting brush 2
wooden icecream sticks 4
Sunglass lens 1
perfume flask (religious offering to the sea godess) 2

The origin of the marine litter pollution was identified as local, and the main sources were from tourism/recreation activities associated to the local commerce.

wooden skewers

beverage cans

plastic fragments

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