Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mnemba atoll
27 September, 2014
- Team Leader
- Diane Talbotier
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
-5.816002, 39.418602
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mnemba atoll
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scubafish Zanzibar
- City
- matemwe
- Country
- Tanzania
- Date
- 27 September, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 54 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -5.816002
Longitude: 39.418602
- Weather Conditions
-
Good weather, no wind, no waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 14–38 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 11359 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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 | 20 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 34 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| fishing line | 53 |
Additional Information
area densely frequented by local fishermen in spite of the conservation area
fishing lines
ropes
Comments and Feedback
would it be possible to count the fishing lines and ropes by meter/feet?
