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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Marsa El Fokery

10 August, 2019

Team Leader
Hossam M Ragab
Number of Participants
33
Total Debris Collected
60 kgs (estimated)

24.865174, 34.989111

Survey Information

Location Name
Marsa El Fokery
Organization/Dive Centre
Red Sea Diving Safari
City
Marsa Alam
Country
Egypt
Date
10 August, 2019
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.865174
Longitude: 34.989111
Weather Conditions
Good weather conditions: almost no wind, sunny, 35degrees and flat sea.
Survey Depth Range
0–21.5 meters
Area Surveyed
1 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 50
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 100
Caps & Lids (plastic) 150
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 20
Fishing: Line 40
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 80

Plastic

Mesh bags

Fishing nets


This dive site is now closed because it's used by the army, that's also the reason we found so many debris. We did 2 clean up dive and one on land clean up.

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