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SES NEGRES - CALA AIGUABLAVA

29 September, 2013

Team Leader
VINCENT
Number of Participants
70
Total Debris Collected
80 kgs (estimated)

41.970886, 3.228269

Survey Information

Location Name
SES NEGRES - CALA AIGUABLAVA
Organization/Dive Centre
AIGUABLAVA DIVE CENTER
City
BEGUR
Country
Spain
Date
29 September, 2013
Survey Duration
10 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 41.970886
Longitude: 3.228269
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–15 meters
Area Surveyed
6000 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef and posidonia
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Balls 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Cigar Tips 50
Cotton Bud Sticks 4
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 20
Fishing: Line 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 4
Cigarette Filters 9
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 7
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Pipes & Rebar 3
Metal Fragments 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 4
rubber materials collected
Condoms 2
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 3
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 4
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Toys 4
other materials collected
Anchor 3

anchor: Boats are used to throw away the anchor on the posidonia. Posidonia it's so important in Mediterranean sea to damage it.

cigar tips : they are very toxic

beverage cans(aluminium) : degradation time is too large, and we found it usually..

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