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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Marsa Um Tondoba

14 September, 2011

Team Leader
Constanze Conrad
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

Survey Information

Location Name
Marsa Um Tondoba
Organization/Dive Centre
Blue Heaven Holidays
City
Marsa Alam
Country
Egypt
Date
14 September, 2011
Survey Duration
240 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude:
Longitude:
Weather Conditions
sunny
Survey Depth Range
3–12 meters
Area Surveyed
800 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 62
Bags: Trash (plastic) 8
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 137
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 50
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Diapers/nappies 4
Fishing: Line 16
Food Wrappers (plastic) 23
Straws, Stirrers 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 6
Plastic Fragments 20
Cigarette Filters 2000
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 3
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 6
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 47
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 19
Caps & Lids (metal) 22
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 3
Metal Fragments 7
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 9
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 13
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 5
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 8
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Comments Octopus in Can

All shoes found were single and pairs and all left ones! The number of Cigarette remains is estimated. We filled 2 5L bottles with it.

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