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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Qasma Island

18 September, 2024

Team Leader
Abdulnasser
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
8 kgs (estimated)

23.853297, 58.072689

Survey Information

Location Name
Qasma Island
Organization/Dive Centre
SeaOman Dive Academy
City
Muscat
Country
Oman
Date
18 September, 2024
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 23.853297
Longitude: 58.072689
Weather Conditions
Windy 4-6 knot
Survey Depth Range
4–13 meters
Area Surveyed
7815.27 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Plastic Fragments 9
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 8
Metal Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crabs, Reef Fish, Shrimp
Number Entangled 10
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Net
Comments Different items tangle

Ship Wrack

Purse, cooking pot

Fishing net

Plastic

Fishing line


Big thanks to Abdullah and Kaman

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