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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Shereton reef

25 February, 2023

Team Leader
Raniya Ibrahim
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (estimated)

0.227368, 73.253138

Survey Information

Location Name
Shereton reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Ocean junkies
City
Hulhumalé
Country
Maldives
Date
25 February, 2023
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 0.227368
Longitude: 73.253138
Weather Conditions
Sunny and Calm, good visibility
Survey Depth Range
10–29 meters
Area Surveyed
630.81 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 1
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crabs
Number Entangled 10
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris carpet
Comments The carpet was sticked to the coral rock where living organism were under this carpet between the coral

No

Carpet

Fish lines

Hooks

Shredded Newspaper


The pieces of paper were scattered around and was impossible to collect

No

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