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ADS120 - Praia Vermelha Red Beach

25 June, 2016

Team Leader
Caio Salles
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

-22.955264, -43.164149

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS120 - Praia Vermelha Red Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Projeto Verde Mar / Cumulus TV
City
Rio de Janeiro
Country
Brazil
Date
25 June, 2016
Survey Duration
75 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -22.955264
Longitude: -43.164149
Weather Conditions
Cloudy, medium southeast swell, light northeast winds
Survey Depth Range
3–6.5 meters
Area Surveyed
10000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 33
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Bait Containers, Packaging 2
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 7
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Toys 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Octopuss
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Plastic Bottle

The condition of the day was light northeast wind, so during the low tide all the pollution from the Guanabara Bay goes into the beach, especially floating pieces. Part of its goes underwater.

Plastic Bags

Spark plugs - used as sink for fishers

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