Dive Against Debris Data Submission
New Reef
25 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 18.3 kgs (measured)
11.926778, 79.878389
Survey Information
- Location Name
- New Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 25 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.926778
Longitude: 79.878389
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 9–17 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 20 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 20 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Whitecheek Monocle Bream |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
Additional Information
This artifical reef is a large tetrahedron-shaped metal structure that reaches from the bottom to 9m depth. It has only been placed there in Februrary this year, thus it's relatively new. We assume that a lot of fishermen do not know about the reef, which is probably why a lot of fishing nets get stuck there.
Large metal gas cylinder (11kg).
Fishing nets
