Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Wonderland North
26 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Lucy Martin
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 80 kgs (estimated)
-7.008610999999999, 52.72944400000006
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Wonderland North
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Alphonse Island Dive Centre
- City
- Alphonse Island
- Country
- Seychelles
- Date
- 26 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 12 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -7.008610999999999
Longitude: 52.72944400000006
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, flat, sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 6 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 8 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| GPS/ Fish Finder Buoy | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Status | dead |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | open netting had dragged over coral breaking parts off |
Additional Information
Strong cyclonic winds two weeks piror brought an influx of these abandoned fish aggregation devices (FADs) of the tuna fishing indistry brought in the from their nearby fishing grounds. We noticed it arrive a weeks or so ago.
FAD
FADs
Net
Rope
