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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

MV Jasim

21 September, 2018

Team Leader
Rebekka Pentti
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
34 kgs (measured)

24.976641, 54.493107

Survey Information

Location Name
MV Jasim
Organization/Dive Centre
Al Mahara Diving Center
City
Abu Dhabi
Country
United Arab Emirates
Date
21 September, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 24.976641
Longitude: 54.493107
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
18–25 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Wreck
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Line 25
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 65
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 15
other materials collected
Anchor 1
Concrete Block 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Arabian Yellow Bar Angelfish
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing Net
Comments One Angelfish was found dead in fishing net, the other one released unharmed

Large Ghost Net covers the bow of this wreck. We were only able to remove a fraction of it for now.

Fishing Net

Rope

Drinking Cans


The AWARE Week is such a great initiative! I'm looking forward to reading a summary after the week from global findings. The only issue with this online data form was that I wasn't able to add two entangled fish separately, one was dead and one was released unharmed.

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