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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS187 - Koh Koun South

2 February, 2017

Team Leader
Dianne Martyn
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
23 kgs (estimated)

10.626453, 103.2937

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS187 - Koh Koun South
Organization/Dive Centre
Save Cambodian Marine Life
City
M'Pai Bay
Country
Cambodia
Date
2 February, 2017
Survey Duration
54 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.626453
Longitude: 103.2937
Weather Conditions
hot & dry
Survey Depth Range
3.5–9.5 meters
Area Surveyed
210 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 8
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Gloves (latex) 7
Rope (plastic/nylon) 22
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 7
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 2
mixed materials collected
Tampons 1
Toys 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name sweetlip x 2, butterfly fish x 2, damsel fish x 1
Number Entangled 5
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris fishing traps
Comments cut traps & let fish escape unharmed
Other Animals
Species or Common Name small skinny stripped worm like animals
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris nets
Comments found after we pulled nets out of water. Released unharmed

bad fishing practices & uneducated

US $1 note, miniature toy phone & tampon

fish traps

fish nets

fish ropes

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