Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Kasos Harbor
27 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Renate N. Rigters
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 kgs (estimated)
35.417623777904, 26.923981904984
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Kasos Harbor
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Karpathos Diving Center
- City
- Pigadia
- Country
- Greece
- Date
- 27 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 35.417623777904
Longitude: 26.923981904984
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy and warm
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7370 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 6 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Echinaster sepositus / Mediterranean red sea star |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | rope and fishing line |
| Comments | The starfish were entangled between fishing lines and other kinds of rope. |
Additional Information
The fisherman, local and foreign boats and people walking around in the harbor using the ocean as a dumpster.
The two dead starfish (Echinaster sepositus).
batteries
fishing lines
plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
Even though the visibility was less than 1 meter and we could barely see our own hands we managed to clean the harbor quite well. Thanks to the volunteers who came with us to help and clean!
