Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS564 - Temple Reef
5 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
11.926556, 79.873889
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS564 - Temple Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 5 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.926556
Longitude: 79.873889
- Weather Conditions
-
Partly Cloudy
- Survey Depth Range
- 9.5–18.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 38 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 5 |
Fishing: Line | 3 |
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
metal materials collected | |
---|---|
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 9 |
Entangled Animals | |
---|---|
Other Fish | |
Species or Common Name | Small to Medium sized fish |
Number Entangled | 9 |
Status | dead |
Type of Debris | All fish trapped were recent but dead |
Comments | Trapped fish included 4 juvenile silver moony, a snapper and 2 medium sized fish |
Additional Information
Trawler fishing
Fish that were dead even though the net had not been around for more than a day
Fishing Nets
Fishing Lines
Fishing Hooks
Comments and Feedback
The nets were large and extended from shallower structures of the artificial reef to all the way down, thereby increasing the presence of entangled juvenile fish. The nets were held down with the help of weight bags