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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Akrata Marine

8 September, 2016

Team Leader
Nikos_Ba
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
367 kgs (measured)

38.17228460657805, 22.317856550216675

Survey Information

Location Name
Akrata Marine
Organization/Dive Centre
Loutraki Dive Club
City
Akrata
Country
Greece
Date
8 September, 2016
Survey Duration
46 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.17228460657805
Longitude: 22.317856550216675
Weather Conditions
cloudy + rain
Survey Depth Range
1–2 meters
Area Surveyed
1654 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 25
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 103
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 29
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 10
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 19
Fishing: Line 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 3
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 3
Plastic Fragments 72
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Jars-food (glass) 1
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 26
Pipes & Rebar 1
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 28
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
other materials collected
flower pot plastic 1
plastic tape 1
garden hose 1
egg cup plastic 1
hairband 1
plastic woven sack 1
Cutting Disk 1
Table clip plastic 1
navigation lamp (plastic) 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name CRAB + SHELL hermits
Number Entangled 50
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic containers
Comments one crab + about 50 shell hermits
Other Animals
Species or Common Name sea urchin
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic food packaging

Loutraki Dive Club - Dive against debris Akrata Marine 8/9/2016


At this action we were 4 divers 2 surface and 6 land support

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