Dive Against Debris Data Submission
MV Dara
2 January, 2016
- Team Leader
- Kholousi Khayal
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 kgs (estimated)
25.574722, 55.466111
Survey Information
- Location Name
- MV Dara
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Sharjah
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Date
- 2 January, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.574722
Longitude: 55.466111
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- wreck
- Ecosystem
- wreck
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Groupers and Snappers |
| Number Entangled | 17 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | nets |
| Comments | fish were entangled in the fishing net and wreck and probably starved |
Additional Information
fishermen throw their nets over the rich wreck then are unable to retrieve them
nets
