Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Danny's Eel Garden
21 April, 2022
- Team Leader
- Shaveer Patel
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 43 kgs (measured)
11.926556, 79.873889
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Danny's Eel Garden
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Temple Adventures
- City
- Puducherry
- Country
- India
- Date
- 21 April, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 41 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.926556
Longitude: 79.873889
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
moderate current
- Survey Depth Range
- 16–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 4 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Comments | most of the mammals are stuck in fishing nets |
Additional Information
Fishing nets
