Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS564 - Temple Reef
3 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.44 kgs (measured)
11.926556, 79.873889
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS564 - Temple Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 3 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 92 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.926556
Longitude: 79.873889
- Weather Conditions
-
Partly cloudy
- Survey Depth Range
- 15.6–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- Metal
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 10 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Small Fish |
| Number Entangled | 25 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Skeletons and whole fish |
| Comments | Many fish skeletons were found. 2 recently deceased fish were found. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs and Barnacles |
| Number Entangled | 22 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Entangled crabs, clusters of barnacles |
| Comments | 10 crabs were found, all dead. 12 clusters of barnacles were found in chunks that were entangled in the nets |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Mussel |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Dead mussel shells |
Additional Information
Non-sustainable fishing methods
The older nets were soft and had unusual sponges-like growth along them (documented with photos attached). It seemed like the older nets had an independent ecosystem growing around them.
Fishing nets
Fishing Lines
Fishing Hooks
