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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Mussandam - Lima

1 August, 2015

Team Leader
Andy
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
50 kgs (estimated)

25.942788, 56.467205

Survey Information

Location Name
Mussandam - Lima
Organization/Dive Centre
Al Marsa
City
Limah
Country
Oman
Date
1 August, 2015
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 25.942788
Longitude: 56.467205
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
5–20 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 20
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Bottles: Oil/lube 4
Fishing: Line 20
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 50
Foam Insulation & Packaging 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 20
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 4
Plastic Fragments 100
Strapping Bands (plastic) 12
Rope (plastic/nylon) 100
glass materials collected
Fluorescent Light Tubes 6
metal materials collected
SCUBA Weights 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 6
Fishing: Traps & Pots 4
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 4
Rope And String (cloth) 80
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Aluminium Fish Pots - beams 20
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Lobster and Crabs
Number Entangled 4
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing nets
Comments Discarded fishing nets with small lobster and crabs completly entangled.

Local fishermen, discarding entangled bnets and lines. Also debris fallen off teh local pleasure boats.

Large hatch door from a local dhow

Very large fishing nets entangled over coral garden.

Thick fishing rope caught both ends being dragged over coral.

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