3rd test deployment day with marine litter
Monday 06/07/2020 was the 4th test deployment for PLP2020. The mesh target performed well with no issues; additional 4L containers used to raise the mesh, but most of the target surface was still...
2nd test deployment day with marine litter
Wednesday 01/07/2020 was the 3rd test deployment day overall for PLP2020. The mesh target performed well with no issues; additional 4L containers used to raise the mesh, but most of the target...
1st test deployment day with marine litter
On Tuesday 16/06/2020, we performed the second test deployment of the two circular targets. The mesh target was deployed in the same manner as the previous date, with additional 4 liter buoyant...
1st test deployment day of targets
On Wednesday 10/06/2020 we performed the first test deployment of the new 7 m diameter circular targets constructed for PLP2020. The first of the two targets was a prototype cylindrical cage-type...
Last day of the experiment
27/06/2019 Our team gathered at Tsamakia beach at 09:00 am. Today was our last day of the experiment and the plan was to obtain data from UAV and Sentinel-2 satellite images. Unfortunately, the...
Twelfth day of our experiment
22/06/2019 Due to bad weather conditions (~80% of cloud coverage), the experiment was put on hold. Today’s experiment would have been executed with two targets made out of plastic bottles and...
Eleventh day of our experiment
17/06/2019 Today our team gathered at Tsamakia beach at 9 am. This time four targets of 5x5m were deployed in a square pattern resulting in a big 10x10m target. Two targets were covered with Reeds...
Tenth day of our experiment
12/06/2019 Due to bad weather conditions, the experiment was put on hold. However our team did some field work such as constructing a 1x5m target in order to work with volume estimation....
Ninth day of our experiment
07/06/2019 Celebrating tommorow’s World Oceans Day 2019 the PLP19 group organized today’s experiment with an informative and educational scope. The rector of the University of the Aegean...
Eigth day of our experiment
02/06/2019 Today our team gathered at Tsamakia beach at 9 am. Due to bad weather conditions (Nearly 100% of cloud coverage), the experiment was put on hold. However our team did some field work...


