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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Gravdalsbukta Nemo Divesite

30 October, 2016

Team Leader
Rene Petterson
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
20 kgs (estimated)

60.3927028127906, 5.2588098049818655

Survey Information

Location Name
Gravdalsbukta Nemo Divesite
Organization/Dive Centre
Nemo Classic Diving
City
Laksevåg, Bergen
Country
Norway
Date
30 October, 2016
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 60.3927028127906
Longitude: 5.2588098049818655
Weather Conditions
Cloudy, Rain, Southern winds up to 8ms.
Survey Depth Range
6–36 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2

lobser season and fish farms in the area offering to buy wrassefish to use in salomon farms. Unskilled entepenaurs set pots and the get lost in current and waves.

OSTC2n dive computer in working condition. Returned to owner as his info was in the computer.

Drainage spillpipes from the areas infrastructure spilling out asfalt debris and trash from the roads

Uppwellings bringing tampoons and other sanitary aid up to the shallows.

currents depositing driftwood and other types of trash in the bay.


Being this close to the city i would actually expect more debris than we are finding. Depth ranges between us and the city is major so this may be the reason. The rest of the debris might actually have sunken to the bottom of the fjord

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