Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS564 - Temple Reef
3 November, 2020
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
11.919722222222, 79.873111111111
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS564 - Temple Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 3 November, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 15 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.919722222222
Longitude: 79.873111111111
- Weather Conditions
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Strong winds and strong currents
- Survey Depth Range
- 14–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 8 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Small-Medium sized fish |
| Number Entangled | 50 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Net |
| Comments | Among the entangled fish were juveniles and small fish such as bannerfish as well as medium sized fish such as puffer fish. We failed to free a puffer fish entangled at 17m depth in a massive fishing net as it would puff up every time we tried to rescue it. We freed alive around 20 of the ~50 fish from the nets. |
Additional Information
Unsustainable fishing with bottom trawling
Over 200m of trawler nets spread over the reef structures
Fishing Nets
Fishing Lines
