Dive Against Debris Data Submission
El Ranchon, Los Cobanos MPA
5 January, 2019
- Team Leader
- Jose Baires
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (measured)
13.505617, -89.747117
Survey Information
- Location Name
- El Ranchon, Los Cobanos MPA
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Asociación Océano
- City
- Los Cobanos MPA
- Country
- El Salvador
- Date
- 5 January, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.505617
Longitude: -89.747117
- Weather Conditions
-
Light wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Red Snapper |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Gill net |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Cocnh |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Gill net |
Additional Information
Illegal bottom gill net fishing
Electrical wire tangled in the net
Gill nets
Comments and Feedback
Additional clean up must be done, still lot of gill net on the bottom.
