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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Porto de recreio da Calheta

25 September, 2020

Team Leader
Calheta Diving Center / Quando + 1 é = - 1 / Oceano Azul Foundation
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
40 kgs (measured)

32.717806, -17.172111

Survey Information

Location Name
Porto de recreio da Calheta
Organization/Dive Centre
Country
Portugal
Date
25 September, 2020
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 32.717806
Longitude: -17.172111
Weather Conditions
Sun, no wind, visibility 15m, 25C
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
5000 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 10
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 6
Fishing: Line 20
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 1

No

Sopping cart

Protection plastic fragments

Plastic shopping bags

Fishing lines


This cleanup action is one off the many that took place in Portugal during the week of the world cleanup day 2020 all coordinated by Quando + 1 é = - 1 and Oceano Azul Foundation

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