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ADS415 - Adotta La Zotta

16 June, 2018

Team Leader
Antonio Petrotta
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
15 kgs (estimated)

38.199626814118, 13.275791918859

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS415 - Adotta La Zotta
Organization/Dive Centre
Mare Nostrum Diving
City
Palermo
Country
Italy
Date
16 June, 2018
Survey Duration
43 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.199626814118
Longitude: 13.275791918859
Weather Conditions
Rainy and stormy weather , wavy and bad visibility
Survey Depth Range
2.5–4 meters
Area Surveyed
1887.76 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 14
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 8
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 20
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 29
Beverage Bottles (glass) 22
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 4
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Metal Fragments 10
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
other materials collected
Metal Pipe 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name granceola
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris glass bottle
Comments used it as its shack!

there has been a party in the nearby, so beer bottles were more than usual!

battery cable clamp

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