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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Pulizia Fondali Marina Grande Sorrento

5 June, 2021

Team Leader
Francesco Paloma
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
895 kgs (estimated)

40.627969310531, 14.365559812882

Survey Information

Location Name
Pulizia Fondali Marina Grande Sorrento
Organization/Dive Centre
Comune di Sorrento in collaborazione con Penisola Verde e patrocinio della Fondazione UniVerde e partecipazione del Nucleo Sommozzatori Guardia di Finanza di Napoli, Guardia Costiera di Castellammare di Stabia, l'AMP di Punta Campanella e associazioni sub
City
Sorrento
Country
Italy
Date
5 June, 2021
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 40.627969310531
Longitude: 14.365559812882
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Benthos
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 50
Bags: Trash (plastic) 10
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 20
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 2
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 3
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Cigarette Lighters 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 15
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 100
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 70
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 100
Plastic Fragments 60
Strapping Bands (plastic) 10
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 40
Beverage Bottles (glass) 10
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Metal Fragments 10
Batteries: Car Or Boat 7
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 5
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 50
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 60
Cloth Fragments 100
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 50
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 10
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
other materials collected
Electrical socket 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Murice Hexaples trunculus, Coristes Corystes, Pachygrapsus marmoratus
Number Entangled 16
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Nets & pieces of nets
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Echinaster sepositus, Octopus vulgaris, Cipree zonaria pyrum, Luidia ciliaris, Arbacia lixula, Cerithium vulgatum
Number Entangled 20
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Nets & pieces of nets

Pieces of nets

Batteries


Looks forward to declare "Our Survey Site was free of debris"

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