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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS478 - Lagoon Beach

15 December, 2018

Team Leader
Amr Zakaria Ali
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
65.45 kgs (measured)

28.471703, 34.505836

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS478 - Lagoon Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Seekers Dive Club
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
15 December, 2018
Survey Duration
49 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.471703
Longitude: 34.505836
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
5–15 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 32
Bait Containers, Packaging 15
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 90
Caps & Lids (plastic) 5
Cigarette Lighters 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 25
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 36
Fishing: Line 5
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 23
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 15
Straws, Stirrers 1
Syringes (plastic) 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Plastic Fragments 40
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 3
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 25
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 4
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 38
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 6
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Carbon fiber 2
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Mob Tail Wrass
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris 5 L Plastic water bottle
Comments The bottle was cut from a side to be used as candle wind protection, when it sink uw it become fish trap

No

Sign say south sinai

Plastic bottles

Fishing rope

Plastic bag


More trash stell there

Boats, none swimmers is the debris source

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