Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tweed River Shore Dive
26 June, 2024
- Team Leader
- John Pearce
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
-28.1695136, 153.5493646
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tweed River Shore Dive
- Organization/Dive Centre
- UAA
- City
- Tweed Heads
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 26 June, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.1695136
Longitude: 153.5493646
- Weather Conditions
-
Fine
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3644.34 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 | 500 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 19 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 199 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Spark plug | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Bream |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing hook & line |
| Comments | One was swimming trailing the line behind it, one was tangled in a snag. Both were cut free. |
Additional Information
Fishing
Spark plug
Plastic fishing lures degradation into the food chain.
Fishing line creating more snags for others
Fishing tackle
