Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bnaya, Kuwait
16 September, 2017
- Team Leader
- Anood Husain
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
28.657842673736, 48.442024660762
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bnaya, Kuwait
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nautilus Dive Centre
- City
- KUWAIT
- Country
- Kuwait
- Date
- 16 September, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 28.657842673736
Longitude: 48.442024660762
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.5–5.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing trap |
| Comments | 1 was injured the rest were unharmed |
Additional Information
Fishermen frequenting the area. Plenty of fishing lines, hooks and weights around the coral reef.
C.D
Plastic Bottle
Fishing lines/hooks
Fishing traps
