Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Danny's Eel Garden
7 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 2.3 kgs (measured)
11.926555555556, 79.873888888889
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Danny's Eel Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 7 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 24 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.926555555556
Longitude: 79.873888888889
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 17–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 18 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | unidentified fish |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Soft Corals & Sponges |
| Number Entangled | 33 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | even though most corals could be saved, 2 were found dead and 1 (fragment of) a sea sponge was also dead. |
Additional Information
fishing hooks & weights
fishing line
fishing net
