Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tweed River
1 May, 2020
- Team Leader
- Sherri
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
-28.170519594219, 153.54854458944
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tweed River
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Border Fishing Trash Awarness
- City
- Tweed Heads
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 1 May, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -28.170519594219
Longitude: 153.54854458944
- Weather Conditions
-
Quite windy, but visibility has improved considerably
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1290.73 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 200 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 31 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 173 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Porcupine Puffer |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Metal hook through eye, snagged to a rock |
| Comments | We found the large puffer with a hook through his eye and a 1m leash were he was severely snagged on a rock |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Moray Eel |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing hook and line |
| Comments | Found a gray moral eel with a hook in its mouth and line wrapped so tightly around its through that it had chocked the eel to death |
Additional Information
Fishermen
Golf balls
Fishing line
Lures
Hooks/sinkers
Comments and Feedback
There is always heavy fisherman presence
