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Ladoga Fest Clean Up. River Volhov

22 May, 2021

Team Leader
Elena Nayda
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
150 kgs (estimated)

60.093328251923, 32.302867878748

Survey Information

Location Name
Ladoga Fest Clean Up. River Volhov
Organization/Dive Centre
Tortuga
City
St Petersburg
Country
Russia
Date
22 May, 2021
Survey Duration
75 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 60.093328251923
Longitude: 32.302867878748
Weather Conditions
rain, strong wind 17m/s, air temperature +12C, water temperature +15C, visibility near 0m, very strong current
Survey Depth Range
1–3.5 meters
Area Surveyed
210 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 8
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 2
Cigarette Filters 15
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 10
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 8
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 6
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 7
Wood Fragments 17
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 7
other materials collected
schist 4
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name perch, bream, pike
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris net

It was really hard job to find debris without possibility to see anything underwater. And it was first time when somebody cleaned the bottom of this place from 20th century.

forged nail

wood

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