Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS120 - Praia Vermelha Red Beach
16 July, 2016
- Team Leader
- Caio Salles
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 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
- 16 July, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -22.955264
Longitude: -43.164149
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, light winds, small waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 23 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 115 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing debris - Sinks, Spark plugs used as sinks, traps, nets, lines.
Condom
spark plugs (used as sink for fishing)
Fishing debris as Nets, Lines and Sinks
Plastic Bags
Comments and Feedback
Today we concentrate close to the rocks where the fishers stays most part of the time. Focusing on Fishing Debris We realize that this is a huge problem for the environment. Besides to leave lines, traps and sinks in the ocean, they use batteries, spark plugs and different kinds of material as sink.
