Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sheikh Mohammed's Barge / SMB
25 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Nicola Liddell
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (estimated)
25.297384, 55.061944
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sheikh Mohammed's Barge / SMB
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Centre
- City
- Dubai
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 25 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 26 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.297384
Longitude: 55.061944
- Weather Conditions
-
Onshore wind for around 8 days. Previous week 2m sea swell and 35km/h winds.
- Survey Depth Range
- 17–24 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Shipwreck
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 30 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Arabian Angel Fish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Nets |
| Comments | The net was too large to lift by our team. Dubai Voluntary divers have been contacted to arrange removal. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Macropodia rostrata (Spider Crab) |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Ropes and nets |
| Comments | All released unharmed. One crab (unsure of species name) was released with eggs. |
Additional Information
Local fishing practices during the winter months. The site is popular with all types of fishermen. Some rope removed was from a stuck anchor line, the site does not have a fixed buoy. Buoys are destroyed by local fishermen.
Nylon Fishing Net - it gets caught on the wrecks
Fishing line - it gets caught on the wrecks. Fishermen just cut the lines, leaving it in the ocean
Fishing Hooks - hazard for marine life
