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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Shore Road Pipeline

23 July, 2015

Team Leader
Ian Craddock
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
1 kgs (measured)

50.694129, -1.928388

Survey Information

Location Name
Shore Road Pipeline
Organization/Dive Centre
Flippas-n-Fins
City
Poole
Country
United Kingdom
Date
23 July, 2015
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 50.694129
Longitude: -1.928388
Weather Conditions
South Westerly winds, upto force 4's.
Survey Depth Range
2–7.2 meters
Area Surveyed
1600 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) 4
Balls 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Edable Crabs
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Monofilament Fishing Net
Comments Animals trapped in the remaining nets on the site.

It is coming in to summer season so the beach and promanade are getting busier. The swimming area has been put up next to the site along with a Lifeguards Hut on the beach.

Swimming Hat

Monofliament Fishing Net

Ropes

Plastic Bags


There is still a couple of Monofilament Fishing nets on this site. There was however no boat cover to remove them safely this time. We were however able to get some of the smaller bits remaning from the net removed last time.

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