Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Jubilee Shoals
4 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jay Soos
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 kgs (estimated)
34.61670000093, 32.7689
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Jubilee Shoals
- Organization/Dive Centre
- WSBA BSAC 107(S)
- City
- Pissouri Bay
- Country
- Cyprus
- Date
- 4 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 34.61670000093
Longitude: 32.7689
- Weather Conditions
-
Hot (30°c) Very Sunny, 0.5 Swell, Medium Current.
- Survey Depth Range
- 17–40 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 30 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Green Turtle |
| Number Entangled | 5 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Net |
| Comments | Not caught in the net, but having difficulty eating around it |
Additional Information
Local fishing boats
Exploded propane cylinder
Ghost Nets
Metal furniture from boats
Comments and Feedback
A campaign to inform the local fishermen of their damage could help and also stop them losing nets.
