Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Abades Montana Falda
13 August, 2020
- Team Leader
- Kim Timmers
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.9 kgs (measured)
28.140961052494, -16.43973173284
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Abades Montana Falda
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Tenerife Diving Academy
- City
- Abades`
- Country
- Spain
- Date
- 13 August, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 36 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.140961052494
Longitude: -16.43973173284
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, but calm in the bay
- Survey Depth Range
- 4.4–6.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 650 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
Sadly there seem to be more fishers in the bay, dispite it being a marine protected area. Perhaps the Covid-19 event is contributing to people losing their jobs and having to fish in other areas.
Small boat anchor (fishing boat) on a rope
Fishing hooks
Fishing line
Polistyrene
Comments and Feedback
The anchor weighed 2.5 kg, making up most of the weight of the debris collected
