Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Danny's Eel Garden
8 March, 2021
- Team Leader
- Donarun Das
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 4.7 kgs (measured)
11.926556, 79.873889
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Danny's Eel Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 8 March, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.926556
Longitude: 79.873889
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 15.5–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 197 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 7 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 20 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Small fish |
| Number Entangled | 5 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing nets and hooks |
Additional Information
Regular bottom Trawling contributed to the fishing nets found. Recently, fishing as well as diving has increased in the area and perhaps due to that we found plastic bags littered on the ocean bed.
Giant polyethylene bags filled with sand.
Fishing Nets
Fishing Line
Fishing Hooks
Comments and Feedback
This was a all-women dive against debris conducted specially for the occasion of International Womens' Day 2021
