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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS303 - Kastelia Bay

6 June, 2017

Team Leader
Renate N. Rigters
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

35.470134, 27.193667

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS303 - Kastelia Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Karpathos Diving Center
City
Pigadia
Country
Greece
Date
6 June, 2017
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.470134
Longitude: 27.193667
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
4–19 meters
Area Surveyed
12417.7 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Entangled Animals
Sharks & Rays
Species or Common Name Common stingray and marbled electric ray
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris stuck in the fishing net
Comments exhausted rays.
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Slipper lobster
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Stuck in fishing net

(Local) fisherman in the surroundings.

The sea creatures stuck in the nets.

Fishing net

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