Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS564 - Temple Reef
29 June, 2019
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (measured)
11.919722222222, 79.873111111111
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS564 - Temple Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 29 June, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 20 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.919722222222
Longitude: 79.873111111111
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 14–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 22 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 67 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Cardinalfish |
| Number Entangled | 23 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | Dead fish were removed, frozen, and will be used as aquarium food in the dive centre. |
Additional Information
Strong currents might have carried this enormous net away from its intended location.
It was unusual to find such a big, connected, and intact amount of fishing net. Normally, we find smaller (fragments of) nets.
fishing net
Comments and Feedback
The amount collected today was only a small part of the whole net. Due to time constraints, not everything could be removed. The remaining part(s) of the fishing net will be removed during the next dive. Fishing hooks, sinkers & floaters will be given to local fishermen for reuse.
