Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Roñosa
16 January, 2024
- Team Leader
- Liliana Arango
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (measured)
5.5865415910972, -77.507789417149
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Roñosa
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Kakiri
- City
- Nuqui
- Country
- Colombia
- Date
- 16 January, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 28 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.5865415910972
Longitude: -77.507789417149
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–19 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 960 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 25 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| iron anchor | 1 |
Additional Information
artisanal fishing
an anchor
fishing net
rope
Comments and Feedback
This clean-up was carried out by a group of local divers from the communities of the Gulf of Tribugá, as part of the project “Managing ghost fishing in the Colombian Pacific with a community-based strategy: https://ecomares.org/manejo-de-la-pesca-fantasma-en-el-pacifico-colombiano/
