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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

San Niklaw Bay

21 July, 2018

Team Leader
Bine
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

36.016473234459, 14.329652577921

Survey Information

Location Name
San Niklaw Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Comino Diveshack
City
Comino
Country
Malta
Date
21 July, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.016473234459
Longitude: 14.329652577921
Weather Conditions
calm
Survey Depth Range
1–6 meters
Area Surveyed
5332.33 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 5
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 8
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Fishing: Line 20
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 20
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 15
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 11
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 4
Metal Fragments 15
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Gloves (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 25
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
other materials collected
Metal chain 1
Plastic starfish 1
diamand bracelett 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Sea Cucumber
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris cigarette filter and paper
Comments both sticked on the spickes of the sea cucumber

plastic sea star

ropes

fishing line

glas fragments


Thank you to all the participants of our Womens Dive Day Clean Up.

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