Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Åkers Kanal
28 August, 2016
- Team Leader
- Anders Holmberg
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 1500 kgs (measured)
59.492799475425336, 18.28002154827118
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Åkers Kanal
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Fantasea Diving
- City
- Stockholm
- Country
- Sweden
- Date
- 28 August, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 59.492799475425336
Longitude: 18.28002154827118
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Clay
- Ecosystem
- Kanal, Salmon and hatchery important. Debris are blocking the natural habitat.
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 10 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 2 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 7 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bicycles | 30 |
| Carts | 23 |
| Boat | 1 |
| Scooter | 3 |
| Moped | 1 |
| Engine | 1 |
Additional Information
Till with robbers hood inside :-) (No money)
Comments and Feedback
This will be a bi-annual event from now on, the community in Åkersberga will support the clean up and the harbour master will continue to build a bigger raft to hold more debris to allow for fewer turns to empty it.
