Dive Against Debris - DAMA Wreck Dive Site In kish Island 2025
19 March, 2025
- Team Leader
- Saeid Parvin
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 200 kgs (measured)
26.502297571929, 54.121785861048
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dive Against Debris - DAMA Wreck Dive Site In kish Island 2025
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Marin Darya Taban
- City
- kish Island
- Country
- Iran
- Date
- 19 March, 2025
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 26.502297571929
Longitude: 54.121785861048
- Weather Conditions
-
good
- Survey Depth Range
- 26–34 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 200 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Parrotfish . Grouper . Butterflyfish . Angelfish |
| Number Entangled | 100 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Various species of ornamental and edible fish |
Additional Information
Abandoned fishing nets
Comments and Feedback
For decades, divers have been cleaning underwater environments of waste. However, despite all efforts, debris from daily human activities continues to accumulate in the depths of the sea. Our hope is to create a healthier underwater environment and help save our planet. Among the most destructive threats to marine life are abandoned fishing nets, which severely damage vital habitats. On March 19, 2025, a six-member team was deployed to clear a dive site of an abandoned fishing net. During this operation, four divers, supported by two assisting personnel, worked in two groups to retrieve a 200-meter-long fishing net entangled around the sunken ship Dama at a depth of 34 meters. In a 42-minute dive time, they used two lift bags to free the net from the seabed and successfully brought it to the surface for complete removal. Thank you to the Department of Environment, Kish Island, and Marin Darya Taban Club for their support. Special appreciation to the divers Saeid Parvin, Mehrdad Hajiloo, Amir Arkanfar, and Babak Khorsand for their participation, as well as to Behnam Malek Jafari and Majid Raisi for their valuable assistance in providing support services.
