Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Eel Canyon
26 November, 2015
- Team Leader
- Greg Wiseman
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 12.6 kgs (measured)
29.414601, 34.97474
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Eel Canyon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sinai Divers, Aqaba
- City
- Aqaba
- Country
- Jordan
- Date
- 26 November, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 29.414601
Longitude: 34.97474
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–21 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 195 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 6 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 7 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 9 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| boathook | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Hawksbill |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | We saw the turtle swimming with fishing line tangled around a rear leg. The turtle seemed to be moving and swimming freely so rather than distress it by trying to catch it we observed for approximately 3-5 minutes and determined that although there was line wrapped around a leg, it didn't seem to be distressing the animal. This is a site that we will now be diving regularly and will keep observing. |
Additional Information
This area is used frequently on weekends for public camping. Unfortunately, there are few/if any garbage bins or collections on the beach - the majority of the garbage (food wrappers, containers etc) is discarded into the sea.
Boathook
Fishing line
Plastic food containers
Foil food containers
