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L'EMBARCADOR - ILLES MEDES

22 September, 2020

Team Leader
ILLES MEDES DIVING CENTERS
Number of Participants
19
Total Debris Collected
250 kgs (estimated)

42.046765421634, 3.2199215950056

Survey Information

Location Name
L'EMBARCADOR - ILLES MEDES
Organization/Dive Centre
Illes Medes Diving Centers
City
L'ESTARTIT
Country
Spain
Date
22 September, 2020
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 42.046765421634
Longitude: 3.2199215950056
Weather Conditions
Good weather
Survey Depth Range
3–7 meters
Area Surveyed
6400 m2
Dominant Substrate
seagrass
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Balls 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 15
Plastic Fragments 5
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 4
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
other materials collected
Rope 70 meters
Sunglasses 3
Morring buoy 1
Face mask (Covid debris) 2

Action coorganized with the Natural Park and all the diving centers with authorization to dive in the Medes Islands Marine Reserve.

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