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ADS564 - Temple Reef

11 November, 2020

Team Leader
Priyamvada Tiwari
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (estimated)

11.919722, 79.873111

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS564 - Temple Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Temple Adventures
City
Puducherry
Country
India
Date
11 November, 2020
Survey Duration
75 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 11.919722
Longitude: 79.873111
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
15–18.4 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
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 10
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 7
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Small and Medium sized fish
Number Entangled 20
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing Nets

Unsustainable fishing in the form of bottom trawling was done the week before

A fishing pot was found among other debris. This is highly uncommon in this region

Fishing Nets

Fishing Lines

Fishing Hooks

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