Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS431 - Knacker Hole
19 August, 2018
- Team Leader
- Nic Emery
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 4.8 kgs (measured)
55.554368890111, -1.6260148662716
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS431 - Knacker Hole
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Fifth Point
- City
- Blyth
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 19 August, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 55.554368890111
Longitude: -1.6260148662716
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 7390 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) | 134 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | plastic bag |
| Comments | Plastic bag and seaweed |
Additional Information
homemade fishing weight
Plastic bags - touristy area
Rubber tyres - dumped
Fishing line - popular area for shore fishing
