Dive Against Debris Data Submission
The Wall-Fan Garden
2 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 21.9 kgs (measured)
11.8183, 79.923933
Survey Information
- Location Name
- The Wall-Fan Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 2 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.8183
Longitude: 79.923933
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 26–34 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 25 |
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 16 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 22 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Small Fish |
| Number Entangled | 37 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Nets |
| Comments | Around 10% were just skeletons |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 20 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Nets |
| Comments | Initially, ~10 were dead, 6 injured, 4 alive (set free). 2 of the injured were foaming, some had claws and joints missing. All the injured perished within 3 hours of surfacing |
Additional Information
Fishing Nets
Fishing Lines
Fishing Hooks
