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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS420 - Blue Hole Gozo

13 July, 2018

Team Leader
Oliver Benndorff
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
4.7 kgs (measured)

36.053251718402, 14.18792977213

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS420 - Blue Hole Gozo
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Smart Gozo
City
San Lawrenz, Dwejra
Country
Malta
Date
13 July, 2018
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.053251718402
Longitude: 14.18792977213
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
1–23 meters
Area Surveyed
421.06 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 9
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Food Wrappers (plastic) 10
Gloves (latex) 1
Straws, Stirrers 3
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 4
Plastic Fragments 15
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1

Increase in the amount of people over the holiday season, means increase in full and overflowing dustbins, which then gets blown into the ocean.

plastic bottles

alu cans

disposable coffee cups

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