ADS147 - Azul House Reef

Dive Against Debris Data Submission

25 June, 2016

Submitted by: azuldivingmadeira , on 28 June, 2016

32.741218, -16.709671

plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic)	3
Bait Containers, Packaging	1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic)	2
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles	4
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed)	1
Fishing: Line	35
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles	30

glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes	1

mixed materials collected
Clothing	1

Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name	Serranus atricauda (Blacktail comber)
Number Entangled	1
Status	released unharmed
Type of Debris	Fishing hook
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name	Scyllarides latus (Mediterranean slipper lobster)
Number Entangled	2
Status	released unharmed
Type of Debris	Fishing line
Other Animals
Species or Common Name	Ophioderma longicaudum (Annulated brittlestar)
Number Entangled	1
Status	released unharmed
Type of Debris	Fishing line

Was there any event that could have contributed to the documented debris?

There is a lot of hook-and-line fishing happening from the jetty

What were the most problematic debris items in your location?

Fishing line/hooks/lures

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