Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Palong Pinnacle
6 December, 2024
- Team Leader
- Caroline Lecky
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (measured)
7.6902032156478, 98.76556644199
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Palong Pinnacle
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue View Divers
- City
- Koh Phi Phi
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 6 December, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.6902032156478
Longitude: 98.76556644199
- Weather Conditions
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Strong Easterly wind, sheltered on this dive site.
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2210 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Gongornian sea fan |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | rope and net |
Additional Information
Illegal fishing fishing practices in the marine park.
Fishing nets
fishing line
rope
Comments and Feedback
we went to recover a large 10-15kg rope fishing net which had recently been removed by another instructor but left on sand for future removal. However when we went to get it, it had been removed. There is a report of an other large net covering a pinnacle we did not survey which we plan to get in the coming days. There seems to be alot of illegal fishing as our team pickup nets and partial nets here regularly
Kitty Beare, Matteo Ros and Anuar Abdullah
