Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Aquarium reef
10 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- Ann Gammage
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
36.619732, 29.040974
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Aquarium reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Bambu Diving
- City
- Fethiye
- Country
- Turkey
- Date
- 10 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 36.619732
Longitude: 29.040974
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny, some rain - distant thunderstorms
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5300 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 | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| long length of gill net 100+ metres | unable to retrieve |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Grouper |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | several small snapper caught in gill nets - alive, but unable to free them |
| Comments | We removed one fishing net and a grouper that had recently died and was caught in it. We passed a long length (100+ metres) of gill net that had recently been set. several (3?) small juvenile snapper caught in the net, were still alive but we had no cutting tools to free them. We were inadequately equipped to remove the gill net. |
Additional Information
This section of reef appears to be actively fished by local fishermen with gill nets.
Car Radio
Gill net
Fishing net
Comments and Feedback
We'll return better equipped next time - we were not prepared for such a large amount of net.
