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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mashraba

23 July, 2019

Team Leader
Amr Zakareya
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
40 kgs (estimated)

28.496488, 34.517223

Survey Information

Location Name
Mashraba
Organization/Dive Centre
scuba seekers
City
Dahab
Country
Egypt
Date
23 July, 2019
Survey Duration
48 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.496488
Longitude: 34.517223
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
4–9 meters
Area Surveyed
55 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 7
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Carpet (synthetic) 5
Fishing: Line 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 14
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 19
Cigarette Filters 66
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 23
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 7
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 6
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 57
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 8
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name None
Number Entangled 1
Type of Debris none
Comments No mammals were found tangled
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Bulbous hydatina
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Sea Slug

Carpet frags


The most problematic find were carpet rags as they take up the majority of the weight described. people often discard their carpets and they often fly into the sea.

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