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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
plastic materials collected
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

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


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

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