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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

NERAIDA BEACH

28 October, 2013

Team Leader
CHORMPAS CHRYSANTHOS
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
80 kgs (measured)

37.984729, 22.961289

Survey Information

Location Name
NERAIDA BEACH
Organization/Dive Centre
Loutraki Divers
City
LOUTRAKI
Country
Greece
Date
28 October, 2013
Survey Duration
65 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 37.984729
Longitude: 22.961289
Weather Conditions
NERY GOOD
Survey Depth Range
5–13 meters
Area Surveyed
182.14 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt & gravel
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Fishing: Line 45
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Cigarette Filters 300
Rope (plastic/nylon) 35
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 9
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 36
Beverage Bottles (glass) 54
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 6
Caps & Lids (metal) 5
Cars & Car Parts 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 4
Metal Fragments 24
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Condoms 25
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 6
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 3
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Clothing 3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
HOME TELEPHONE 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Echinoidea
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris OCTOPUS

HOME TELEPHONE

BOTTLES,(WHY WE TOURIST TOWN AND BOTTLES OF BEER RESULTING IN THE SEA)

IRONS, (For many years, RENOVATION AND BECAUSE MANY MANY APARTMENTS Throws debris THE SEA)


THIS IS THE THIRD OUR DIVING ON THIS COAST, AND SO FAR WE HAVE 417 KGS HAULING GARBAGE. OUR GOAL IS TO LIFTING ALL GARBAGE from the bottom of Loutraki, THIS TIME WE hauled 567 kilos from the sea of Loutraki and WE CONTINUE. To research we have done on the seabed, estimated to have 60 TONNES OF WASTE, WE ARE A voluntary diving team, AND 2 MONTHS NOW WE ALREADY IN OUR ASSETS 6 CLEANING OF OUR SEA, AND THIS IS OUR SLOGAN "we DIVE we CLEAN" THANK YOU

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