Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rowe’s Rocks
18 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- Dave
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
8.639454, 81.240026
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rowe’s Rocks
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Safaris
- City
- Trincomalee
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Date
- 18 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 8.639454
Longitude: 81.240026
- Weather Conditions
-
On shore winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 297.593 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Wrasse |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Trapped in tangled fishing net |
| Comments | Approx 50 m of net. Ran out of air. Approx 50 m left behind. |
Additional Information
Local fishermen
Massive net
Massive net
