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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Vanhankaupungin koski

20 August, 2016

Team Leader
Mikael Skrabb
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
200 kgs (estimated)

60.214084056162655, 24.984378263370672

Survey Information

Location Name
Vanhankaupungin koski
Organization/Dive Centre
Divers for the Baltic Sea
City
Helsinki
Country
Finland
Date
20 August, 2016
Survey Duration
68 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 60.214084056162655
Longitude: 24.984378263370672
Weather Conditions
Heavy rain up till the event, but great warm an sunny weather on the event day
Survey Depth Range
0.5–3 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
brackwater with silt bottom
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 48
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 18
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 43
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 6
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Cars & Car Parts 3
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 1
Pipes & Rebar 13
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 14
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 7
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 6
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 6
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Toys 1
other materials collected
Crowbar 2
Medallions 3
Keys 2
steering wheel 1
Set of camping gear 1

The site is popular with people fishing so we found plenty of lures that had been lost by fishermen

steering wheel of a boat

Lures and line, because fish and othe animals can get stuck on them

Plastic bags, as they break down and marine life eat them

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