Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hopes Nose Torbay
22 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- Rob Thompson
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 160 kgs (measured)
50.4392329, -3.5369899
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hopes Nose Torbay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Fathoms Free
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 22 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 140 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.4392329
Longitude: -3.5369899
- Weather Conditions
-
light wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–15 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8670 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 1800 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 254 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 13 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 670 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| lead fishing weights | 2200 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Catshark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Brown crab and spider crab |
| Number Entangled | 12 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
Comments and Feedback
we did 4 dives in one day (2 boat&2 beach) and all data was recorded together
