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ADS448 - Ghantoot Marina

25 August, 2018

Team Leader
Nicola Liddell
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

24.860205339489, 54.895917139962

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS448 - Ghantoot Marina
Organization/Dive Centre
Divers Down Dubai
City
Ghantoot
Country
United Arab Emirates
Date
25 August, 2018
Survey Duration
41 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.860205339489
Longitude: 54.895917139962
Weather Conditions
Humid & Hot
Survey Depth Range
2–7 meters
Area Surveyed
18636.7 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 13
Bags: Trash (plastic) 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 10
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 14
Fishing: Line 8
Foam Insulation & Packaging 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 11
Straws, Stirrers 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 30
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 15
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 8
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
other materials collected
Camping Chair 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 11
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Plastic Bags
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Brittle sea star
Number Entangled 7
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Plastic Cups
Comments Some unfortunately dead

Object off the beach is getting demolished.

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