Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tallebudgera Creek
13 June, 2020
- Team Leader
- Sally Gregory
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 1 kgs (estimated)
-28.098132833477, 153.45626715026
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tallebudgera Creek
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Border Fishing Trash Awareness & Hooked on Talle Clean Up Crew
- City
- Tallebudgera
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 13 June, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.098132833477
Longitude: 153.45626715026
- Weather Conditions
-
14knot SE
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1517.57 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 75 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 58 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | Bream |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line. |
| Comments | Bream was found with around 20m of line tangled around its tail. Was found snagged and dead |
Additional Information
Infamous fishing spot. Although it is a no fishing zone
Sunglasses
Fishing line
Hooks/lures
Dead animals
Comments and Feedback
The dive site is a council signed ‘no fishing zone’ yet there are still 20+ people who fish here at night...
