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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Cais dos Pescadores

5 June, 2021

Team Leader
Teresa Vale and Carolina Gonçalves
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
600 kgs (estimated)

38.697155208225, -9.4181608237324

Survey Information

Location Name
Cais dos Pescadores
Organization/Dive Centre
Associação Juvenil Claro/ Clube Naval de Cascais
City
Cascais
Country
Portugal
Date
5 June, 2021
Survey Duration
80 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.697155208225
Longitude: -9.4181608237324
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
600 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Plastic Fragments 4
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 16
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
mixed materials collected
Toys 1
other materials collected
anchor 1
Piles of entangled fishing line and fishing ropes 3
Fishing: traps & pots (plastic) 16
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name octupus and Seastar
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing traps and tires
Comments They came attached to the debris but were unharmed

Fishing activity

Skateboard

Fishing gear (lines, ropes and traps)

Tires

Glass Bottles


There was a lot of fishing line and ropes that were collected but they were so entangled that it was impossible to count how many they were so we counted them as "piles" under the "Other debris items"

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