Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS137 - Vouliagmeni Lake Loutraki
2 June, 2018
- Team Leader
- Nikos_Ba
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 75 kgs (measured)
38.032178385202, 22.873719955969
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS137 - Vouliagmeni Lake Loutraki
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Loutraki Dive Club
- City
- Loutraki
- Country
- Greece
- Date
- 2 June, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 38.032178385202
Longitude: 22.873719955969
- Weather Conditions
-
Very good
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–19.9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1669 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 6 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 61 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 23 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 52 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 185 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubbers from spear gun. | 1 |
| fishing rod | 1 |
| line reel | 1 |
| sole | 1 |
| hand- net | 1 |
| tetra pak | 1 |
| ball | 1 |
| boat flag | 1 |
| packing chewing gum | 1 |
| the top piece of a boat | 1 |
| anchor | 1 |
| plastic kite | 1 |
| cassette cover | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | various small fish |
| Number Entangled | 25 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | cans , plastic bottles |
| Comments | when we dive at the lake we always find a lot of this small fishes .... we do our best to return them back alive but some of them die in the process |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | CRABs + crayfish |
| Number Entangled | 40 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | cans , plastic bottles |
| Comments | when we dive at the lake we always find a lot of this small crustaceans .... we do our best to return them back alive |
Additional Information
ADS137 - Vouliagmeni Lake Loutraki 2/6/2018
Comments and Feedback
At this event we were 7 divers and 5 land support. with us was the ITV News England who had come to Greece for reportage on marine pollution from plastics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEf2va6Q1wA the video from ITV
