Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Port Gaverene
17 October, 2015
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 26.85 kgs (measured)
50.595151997354, -4.8265922483696
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Port Gaverene
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Fathoms Free
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 17 October, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.595151997354
Longitude: -4.8265922483696
- Weather Conditions
-
good
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 958 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Balls | 8 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 14 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 331 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 67 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 83 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 45 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | catshark |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Line hooks |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Spider crab |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | line |
