Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Boscombe Pier
16 June, 2021
- Team Leader
- Leon Butler
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 1.2 kgs (measured)
50, 1
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Boscombe Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dorset Diving Services
- City
- Poole
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 16 June, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 47 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 50
Longitude: 1
- Weather Conditions
-
Good weather, slight breezes
- Survey Depth Range
- 4.6–4.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 8482.24 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Pier, sandy with some small rocky areas
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cutting Disc | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Brown Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | Tangled in a line, diver unable to remove. Crab was dead |
Additional Information
Fishing off the pier is a regular occurence
N/A
Fishing lines, ropes and other fishing debris
