Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS564 - Temple Reef
11 November, 2020
- Team Leader
- Priyamvada Tiwari
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
11.919722, 79.873111
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS564 - Temple Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 11 November, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 75 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.919722
Longitude: 79.873111
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–18.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 38 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 | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Small and Medium sized fish |
| Number Entangled | 20 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Nets |
Additional Information
Unsustainable fishing in the form of bottom trawling was done the week before
A fishing pot was found among other debris. This is highly uncommon in this region
Fishing Nets
Fishing Lines
Fishing Hooks
