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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Baía de Cascais Portugal

16 June, 2018

Team Leader
Jose Eduardo Santos
Number of Participants
43
Total Debris Collected
285 kgs (measured)

38.694158, -9.418261

Survey Information

Location Name
Baía de Cascais Portugal
Organization/Dive Centre
Clube Naval de Cascais
City
Cascais
Country
Portugal
Date
16 June, 2018
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.694158
Longitude: -9.418261
Weather Conditions
Ceu pouco nublado, vento 24nós e ondulação 1.4m
Survey Depth Range
2–8 meters
Area Surveyed
30000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 12
Foam Insulation & Packaging 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 22
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 6
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Gloves (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 4
Toys 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Polvo, Caranguejos estrelas do mar e Hipocampus (Octopus, Starfish & crabs)
Number Entangled 6
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing traps and PVC pipes

Vela Grande de Barco

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