Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Turtle Parade South
26 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Lucy Martin
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 50 kgs (estimated)
-7.083333, 52.733333
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Turtle Parade South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Alphonse Island Dive Centre
- City
- Alphonse Island
- Country
- Seychelles
- Date
- 26 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 19 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -7.083333
Longitude: 52.733333
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, flat and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–23 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 4 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| GPS/ Fish Finder Buoy | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral |
| Number Entangled | 8 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing nets and rope |
| Comments | nets and rope dragged, snagged and caught all over the reef |
Additional Information
Strong cyclonic winds 2 weeks prior brought in these devices from nearby fshing grounds and they then proceeded to catch on the reef
FAD
Fishing equipment - FADs
fishing nets
fishing rope
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