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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Wied iż-Żurrieq

8 June, 2013

Team Leader
Shaun Fenech
Number of Participants
36
Total Debris Collected
1043 kgs (measured)

35.819601, 14.451436

Survey Information

Location Name
Wied iż-Żurrieq
Organization/Dive Centre
Subway Dive Centre & Diveshack Scuba School
City
Qrendi
Country
Malta
Date
8 June, 2013
Survey Duration
180 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.819601
Longitude: 14.451436
Weather Conditions
Smooth
Survey Depth Range
5–28 meters
Area Surveyed
m2
Dominant Substrate
Posidonia Meadows / Sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 19
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Gloves (latex) 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 12
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Plastic Fragments 17
Rope (plastic/nylon) 25
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 42
Beverage Bottles (glass) 78
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 17
Cars & Car Parts 15
Drums: 55 Gallon 1
Pipes & Rebar 14
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 5
Metal Fragments 25
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 53
Rubber Fragments 6
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 5
Wood Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 9
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Metal Chains 11
Metal ladder 1
Headphones 1
Metal Chair 1
Dustbin Metal Frame 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Number Entangled 12

Headphones


It was very hard to find a project aware banner on the island in a very short time.

It is a Marine Protected Area where the Um El Faroud wreck stands.

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