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ADS426 - House Reef Outrigger Konotta Maldives

22 August, 2019

Team Leader
Amelia Cody
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
9 kgs (estimated)

0.46258801100945, 73.156623343355

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS426 - House Reef Outrigger Konotta Maldives
Organization/Dive Centre
Best Dives Konotta, Outrigger
Country
Maldives
Date
22 August, 2019
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 0.46258801100945
Longitude: 73.156623343355
Weather Conditions
Mixed weather condition through the last week sometimes very calm some strong winds and storms also.
Survey Depth Range
2–17 meters
Area Surveyed
45 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Gloves (latex) 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 2
Plastic Fragments 12
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Jars-food (glass) 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 2
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 1
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2

On this particular DAD event we recovered alot of fishing line, wire and electric cables, I am unsure of any event that could have contributed to their arrival. No one is permitted to fish around the house reef so currents and recent storms could have transported these materials.

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