Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Cirkewwa Marine Park #386317
2 January, 2023
- Team Leader
- Paddy Gilmore
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
35.988882646753, 14.327747324839
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Cirkewwa Marine Park #386317
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Orangeshark Dive Centre
- City
- Cirkewwa
- Country
- Malta
- Date
- 2 January, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.988882646753
Longitude: 14.327747324839
- Weather Conditions
-
Stormy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1574.84 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Sally Lightfoot Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Net fragments |
Additional Information
Regular fishing debris brought ashore by stormy weather
Orange plastic cover from a road works light
Fishing line with hooks
Trash blown in from overflowing bins
Comments and Feedback
This was not an organised collection rather a normal fun dive with a customer
