Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dharavandhoo Thila
16 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- Aleksandra Jamaica Mielenczuk
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (measured)
5.09608, 73.07359
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dharavandhoo Thila
- Organization/Dive Centre
- SCUBASPA Yang + SPOKO divers
- City
- Dharavandhoo
- Country
- Maldives
- Date
- 16 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 44 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.09608
Longitude: 73.07359
- Weather Conditions
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Very calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–26 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 74.466 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
Additional Information
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Fishing lines
Comments and Feedback
Most of the fishing line was old and already grew into the reef system, we cut around what we could without causing too much disturbance. There was also plenty of old mooring lines. As most of the fishing lines and ropes had significant coral growth we want to believe that the fishing ban and other rules of MPA over Baa Atoll are being enforced and things are slowly getting better :)
