Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Fisherman Port Taweela
3 October, 2019
- Team Leader
- Kathleen Russell
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 250 kgs (estimated)
24.784677134796, 54.693328006146
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Fisherman Port Taweela
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Al Mahara Diving Center and Company For Good
- City
- Abu Dhabi
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 3 October, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.784677134796
Longitude: 54.693328006146
- Weather Conditions
-
Mild windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.5–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 103.711 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 24 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 14 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 15 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 2 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 12 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 35 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 7 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 200 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 40 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 80 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 297 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 10 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 10 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 5 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 1 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Pallets | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 5 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 13 |
| Towels/rags | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 8 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
Additional Information
Active fishermen
3 weighing
Carpet
Rugs
Big fishing line
Comments and Feedback
All the divers Dos an Maha
Clean up was inside the port area
