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ADS168 - Abu Sauatir

23 February, 2017

Team Leader
Ramadan
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
1 kgs (estimated)

26.205403139253, 34.2196441362457

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS168 - Abu Sauatir
Organization/Dive Centre
Pharaoh Dive Club
City
el quseir
Country
Egypt
Date
23 February, 2017
Survey Duration
36 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 26.205403139253
Longitude: 34.2196441362457
Weather Conditions
Calm and sunny
Survey Depth Range
2–12 meters
Area Surveyed
4650.39 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Fishing: Line 7
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1

fishing line as we have alot of local fisherman using lines to catch reef fish which gets caught in the coral and they cut it free leaving most of it including hooks tangled in the reef

plastic bags. Egypt is plastic bag mad and everything goes in bags which get blown around and end up in th sea causing big problems for the fish and especially turtles

plastic bottles. we have no recycling facilities here so lots of plastic bottles end up getting blown into the sea

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