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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Cais dos Pescadores

18 June, 2022

Team Leader
Teresa Vale & Carolina Gonçalves
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
180 kgs (estimated)

38.697162555874, -9.4181683839704

Survey Information

Location Name
Cais dos Pescadores
Organization/Dive Centre
Associação Juvenil Claro/Clube Naval de Cascais
City
Cascais
Country
Portugal
Date
18 June, 2022
Survey Duration
66 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.697162555874
Longitude: -9.4181683839704
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
1–3 meters
Area Surveyed
775.87 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) 2
Fishing: Line 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 7
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 7
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 8
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Painting brush 1
cargo cart 1
small pieces of varied debris 39
Fishing: traps & pots (plastic) 30
Glove 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name small crabs
Number Entangled 10
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris rags and fishing pots
Other Animals
Species or Common Name sea urchins, starfish, anemones, octopus, cuttlefish eggs
Number Entangled 42
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing traps and pots
Comments The cuttlefish eggs were attached to a fishing trap so we returned that fishing trap into the water with eggs still attached in order to not destroy the eggs.

Fishing Activity

1 potato

Fishing Pots


We also had the help of: - Stand Up Paddle volunteers; - Shore Volunteers - Fishermen community

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