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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS528 - Radazul

23 June, 2019

Team Leader
Andrea Pilone
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
12 kgs (estimated)

28.401225, -16.32376

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS528 - Radazul
Organization/Dive Centre
Scubanana
City
Radazul
Country
Spain
Date
23 June, 2019
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 28.401225
Longitude: -16.32376
Weather Conditions
Sunny, no wind
Survey Depth Range
3–13 meters
Area Surveyed
7814 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 121
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Plastic Fragments 122
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 3
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 4
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 1
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Cars & Car Parts 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 9
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 9
Clothing 2
Tampons 7

Fisherman, turistic boat and beach tourism activity,

microplastic

fishing line

cans


Today we discovered a real underground dump in the sandy area: we could spot a lot of small part of objects surfacing from the bottom. After we start to lift them we've been forced to work deep in the ground to recover it so we found and got out more debris including several fishing line and plastic containers. However the situation in the rocky area was very clean compared with the previous events. Tha microplastic is visible and still represent the biggest problem.

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