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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS409 - St. George's Bay

3 June, 2019

Team Leader
Nicholas Martens
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
7 kgs (estimated)

35.926326, 14.489571

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS409 - St. George's Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Cresta Dive Centre
City
St. Julian's
Country
Malta
Date
3 June, 2019
Survey Duration
43 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 35.926326
Longitude: 14.489571
Weather Conditions
Nice
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
3995.58 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 3
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Fibreglass 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab/ Shrimps
Number Entangled 5
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Net

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