Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Babbacombe bay
26 January, 2019
- Team Leader
- Richard Carey
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 kgs (estimated)
50.47911, -3.509262
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Babbacombe bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nglos BSAC
- City
- Torquay
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 26 January, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.47911
Longitude: -3.509262
- Weather Conditions
-
cold and wet, some wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 47.91 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | dogfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | caught on hook on discarded line trapped in rocks |
| Comments | released fish and removed line, took and sinker |
Additional Information
Fishermen regularly lose line trapped in rocks
hooks
Comments and Feedback
very little other debris around
