Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS204 - Rye Pier
10 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Oliver Payne
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
-38.368509, 144.822348
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS204 - Rye Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 10 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.368509
Longitude: 144.822348
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, but dry and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 25 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Eastern Fiddler Ray |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Discovering a dead Fiddler Ray, entangled in fishing line with a hook in its mouth was the motivating factor to do this impromptu clean up dive. The ray was just out from under the pier and it would appear it became entangled when eating the bait on the hook, but that when the fisherman tried to pull it in, the line snapped and became entangled on a star picket that marks a route to a small reef area. Other sea creatures had been feeding on the ray carcass. |
Additional Information
The entire point of this dive against debris for us was to collect discarded fishing line and lures. Following a sunny week, there had obviously been lots of fishermen on the pier, and with it having been quite windy, the swell would have been above average for the time of year. This often leads to an increase in broken fishing line, hence the need to clean up the pier.
Squid jigs
Fishing line
