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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mashraba Bay

25 February, 2019

Team Leader
Amr Zakaria
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

28.496686, 34.517115

Survey Information

Location Name
Mashraba Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Seekers Dive Centre
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
25 February, 2019
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.496686
Longitude: 34.517115
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
5–12 meters
Area Surveyed
614.57 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 35
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Carpet (synthetic) 4
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cigar Tips 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Straws, Stirrers 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Plastic Fragments 26
Cigarette Filters 14
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 17
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 9
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Hermet Crap
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Carpet

Fishing, over tourism

Shesha mouthpiece

Fishing net

Carpet

Plastic bottles

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