Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Abades Montana Falda
23 October, 2017
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 4.4 kgs (measured)
443, 424
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Abades Montana Falda
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 23 October, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 443
Longitude: 424
- Weather Conditions
-
Little bit of surge, some small waves, fair conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 19 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 88 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 19 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoe insole | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Grey Shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Ceramic fragments |
| Comments | 1 small shrimp, was released unharmed 1 small crab, dead |
Additional Information
Lots of ceramic fragments and glass fragments
Shoe insole
Glass
Fishing line, even though it's a Marine Protected Area
Wire caught on sea urchins
Comments and Feedback
We did a good job, collecting over 100 items and 4,4 kg in total!
