Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Blairgowrie Pier
13 June, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jourdane
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
-38.357383, 144.773235
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Blairgowrie Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Melbourne Mermaids
- City
- Blairgowrie
- Country
- Australia
- Date
- 13 June, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -38.357383
Longitude: 144.773235
- Weather Conditions
-
Overcast
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2309.26 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- other
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wipes | 3 |
| Cleaning Chucks | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Banjo Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Stab wound |
| Comments | Not the first time we have seen this and not just at this site |
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Yellow belly seahorse |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Crab fishing net |
| Comments | Found in a crab net |
Additional Information
Spider crabs migration
Left over debris from fishermen
Comments and Feedback
Even though the spider crabs were mostly at rye this year it was said to see Blairgowrie still in a mess
Would love for this to be our adopted site
