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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Suwami North

18 August, 2018

Team Leader
Dave
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
106.9 kgs (measured)

8.578479, 81.241607

Survey Information

Location Name
Suwami North
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Safaris
City
Trincomalee
Country
Sri Lanka
Date
18 August, 2018
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 8.578479
Longitude: 81.241607
Weather Conditions
Calm
Survey Depth Range
8–16 meters
Area Surveyed
13846.3 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bottles: Oil/lube 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Fishing: Line 11
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 18
Plastic Fragments 8
Cigarette Filters 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 32
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 4
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Reef Fish. Unsure Of Name
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris Fishing net
Comments Freed swam away cut top of head. Had some line remaining.

Regular fishing debris

Huge bet

Fishing net


Still some remaining.

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