Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Cape Zampa Bola Point
31 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Ethan Glover
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 lbs (estimated)
26.44135252806, 127.71239593069
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Cape Zampa Bola Point
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Yomitan
- Country
- Japan
- Date
- 31 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.44135252806
Longitude: 127.71239593069
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair weather
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–125 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 23806.3 ft2
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Dive Watch | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | White Tip Reef Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Full carcass |
| Comments | Fully intact. Seemed to be very recent along the coral |
Additional Information
Maybe all the fishing line did something to the shark...?
The dead shark
