Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Classroom #516837
18 October, 2019
- Team Leader
- Janhavi Deodhar
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
15.894468921881, 73.467329509698
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Classroom #516837
- Organization/Dive Centre
- MTDC Indian Institute of Scuba Diving And Aquatic Sports (IISDA) 24484
- City
- Malvan
- Country
- India
- Date
- 18 October, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 15.894468921881
Longitude: 73.467329509698
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 573.24 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral 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 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Brown Banded Bamboo Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Ghost Fishing Net |
| Comments | Bamboo shark trapped in the fishing net |
Additional Information
No
Fishing Net
Fishing Net
Fishing lines
Fishing hooks
Comments and Feedback
This brown banded bamboo shark was trapped inside a ghost fishing net, we found him during my first open water dive iand we rescued it by releasing it from the net and then relased him back in the ocean
