Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Chuzudo
11 June, 2023
- Team Leader
- Sandy Fierro
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 7.5 lbs (measured)
5.6290114546144, -77.395487177255
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Chuzudo
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Kakiri Diving Center
- City
- Nuqui
- Country
- Colombia
- Date
- 11 June, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.6290114546144
Longitude: -77.395487177255
- Weather Conditions
-
Intermitent showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–13 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 715 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Hard corals |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | fishing nylon gillnet |
Additional Information
Artisanal fishing is frequent in the area
Comments and Feedback
This clean up was carried out by a group of local divers from the communities of the Gulf of Tribugá, as part of the project “Managing ghost fishing in the Colombian Pacific with a community-based strategy” https://iki-small-grants.de/project/managing-ghost-fishing-in-the-colombian-pacific-with-a-community-based-strategy/
