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Agioi Theodoroi Loutraki Greece 24/6/2017

24 June, 2017

Team Leader
Nikos_Ba
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
331 kgs (measured)

37.931166116096, 23.146997094154

Survey Information

Location Name
Agioi Theodoroi Loutraki Greece 24/6/2017
Organization/Dive Centre
Loutraki Dive Club
City
Loutraki
Country
Greece
Date
24 June, 2017
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 37.931166116096
Longitude: 23.146997094154
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–19.8 meters
Area Surveyed
3548 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 8
Balls 3
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 14
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 4
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 6
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 89
Fishing: Line 21
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 10
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 8
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 7
Rope (plastic/nylon) 15
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 5
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 12
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 13
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 5
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 5
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 1
other materials collected
insole 1
fragments from pedalo 2
Pack of condoms 1
watch strap 1
chain 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name 2 small octopus and 1 starfish
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris tires and traps
Comments one of the two octopus was almost dead released but we dont know what happened after that In the traps were a lot of empty shells (from Hermit crabs)

Loutraki Dive Club - Dive against Debris Agioi Theodoroi Loutraki Greece 24/6/2017


At this event we were 9 divers 1 surface support and 2 land support !!! Some young people who were there swimming and sunbathing came and helped us to our efforts.

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