Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Atlantis Dive Centre - First Clean Up 2012
6 January, 2012
- Team Leader
- Jason Sockett
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (estimated)
25.362021, 55.226212
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Atlantis Dive Centre - First Clean Up 2012
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Atlantis Dive Centre
- City
- Dubai
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 6 January, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 420 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.362021
Longitude: 55.226212
- Weather Conditions
-
Rough Seas
- Survey Depth Range
- 13–22 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 400 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 40 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing Pots | 6 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Number Entangled | 50 |
| Comments | Electric Ray, Blue Travally, Hammour,Baracuda, tuna, Jacks, |
Additional Information
Rough Seas dragging the nets into the breakwater
