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Cais dos Pescadores e Praia dos Pescadores

1 May, 2021

Team Leader
Teresa Vale e Carolina Gonçalves
Number of Participants
23
Total Debris Collected
500 kgs (estimated)

38.697155208225, -9.4181608237324

Survey Information

Location Name
Cais dos Pescadores e Praia dos Pescadores
Organization/Dive Centre
Clube Naval de Cascais
City
Cascais
Country
Portugal
Date
1 May, 2021
Survey Duration
41 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.697155208225
Longitude: -9.4181608237324
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
595.646 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 10
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Plastic Fragments 14
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
Beverage Bottles (glass) 12
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 12
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 7
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 3
other materials collected
Anchor 3
Fishing: traps & pots (plastic) 13
Entangled Animals
Sharks & Rays
Species or Common Name Ray And Shark
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris NA
Comments Fins had been removed
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Was caught up in an abandoned fishing trap

Fishing activities

Fishing materials (traps and ropes)

Tires

Plastic fragments


We cleaned underneath the pier and on both sides of the pier but I wasn’t able to select two areas on the map

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