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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS415 - Adotta La Zotta

28 April, 2018

Team Leader
Antonio Petrotta
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
12 kgs (estimated)

38.199626814118, 13.275791918859

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS415 - Adotta La Zotta
Organization/Dive Centre
Mare Nostrum Diving
City
Palermo
Country
Italy
Date
28 April, 2018
Survey Duration
30 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.199626814118
Longitude: 13.275791918859
Weather Conditions
calm sea, no wind, lightly sunny.
Survey Depth Range
2–34 meters
Area Surveyed
30 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 35
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 10
Plastic Fragments 67
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 14
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Metal Fragments 49
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 3
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Cloth Fragments 7
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Fireworks 1
Tampons 6
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Maja squinado
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris in the plastic bottles

Fishermen's debris and too many people eating at restaurants!

bullet case

plastic bags going to pieces, so many!!

plastic fragments stuck in algaes and in the sand

mooring ropes stuck among rocks impossible to release


A dive against debris without a beach clean up is uncomplete!

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