Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pulizia Fondali Marina Grande Sorrento
2 October, 2021
- Team Leader
- Francesco Palomba
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 250 kgs (estimated)
40.62797105376, 14.365277905317
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pulizia Fondali Marina Grande Sorrento
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Comune di Sorrento, promosso da Assessorato Comunale alla Risorsa Mare, in collaborazione con Guardia Costiera, Guardia di Finanza di Napoli, Penisola Verde, l'AMP di Punta Campanella e associazioni sub
- City
- Sorrento
- Country
- Italy
- Date
- 2 October, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.62797105376
Longitude: 14.365277905317
- 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
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 12 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 18 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 4 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 9 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 14 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 421 |
| Cigarette Filters | 11 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 16 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 8 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 7 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 10 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 18 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 16 |
| Cloth Fragments | 18 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paint brush | 1 |
| Windsheield | 1 |
| Screwdriver | 1 |
| Masks | 1 |
| Sanglass | 1 |
| Metal chain 5mt | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Pagurus, brachyura linnaeus |
| Number Entangled | 33 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Nets |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Paracentrotus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic bags |
