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ADS 126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop

29 July, 2023

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
25 kgs (estimated)

36.136089, 129.398324

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS 126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky Outcrop
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
City
Pohang
Country
South Korea
Date
29 July, 2023
Survey Duration
62 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136089
Longitude: 129.398324
Weather Conditions
Clear and Hot
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
130 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 50
Fishing: Line 15
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Gloves (latex) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Metal Fragments 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 80
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 30
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing trap
Comments Also released 1 live eel from the same trap

I believe this is still more of the net I found and cut last week.

glass bottle

nets

ropes

fishing lures


Video of the entire dive here:

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