Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Branksome Chine Pipe
18 July, 2021
- Team Leader
- Emma Wilkinson
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 kgs (estimated)
50.706458, -1.907698
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Branksome Chine Pipe
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Poole
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 18 July, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 20 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50.706458
Longitude: -1.907698
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain, sun and wind
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 10 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Smooth hound |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Mono filament net |
| Comments | Body and head had become entangled in the net. The smooth hound was a large mature male. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Velvet swimming crab, spider crab, brown crab, green crab |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | We released as many crabs as we could. Some were dead, one injured. |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Scallops, cockles common oyster |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Mono filament fishing line |
| Comments | The net had been in situ for many months. |
Additional Information
No
Monofilament net
