Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS188 - Sunset Pier
24 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Dianne Martyn
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (estimated)
10.624192, 103.294936
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS188 - Sunset Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Save Cambodian Marine Life
- City
- M'pai Bei
- Country
- Cambodia
- Date
- 24 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.624192
Longitude: 103.294936
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy with storms, hot humid day. Sunny and occasional rain.
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–3 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 150 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 18 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 42 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 16 |
| Gloves (latex) | 4 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 36 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 9 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Packing tape | 1 |
| Peg | 1 |
| Playing cards | 1 |
| Chopstick | 1 |
| Sheet of mesh | 1 |
| Vinyl | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Acrapora Branching Coral |
| Number Entangled | 25 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line, nets and cloths |
| Comments | Released coral entanglements: some unsaved, but many were unharmed. |
Additional Information
Uneducated and bad fishing habits. Storms, high wind activity.
Chopstick
Fishing nets
Plastic items
Cloth fragments
Comments and Feedback
There was already much less debris in the reef than previous dives, so already signs of effective imrpovements due to regular reef cleans.
Philip had no fins and problems with is mask, so he had trouble collecting debris and was left behind by the others. The bags were really heavy and almost floated away. He had fun though.
