Hón Mòng Tay (Stone Lighthouse)
17 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Max Olofsson
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 15.2 kgs (measured)
9.908028132970157, 104.02118539823277
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hón Mòng Tay (Stone Lighthouse)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rainbow Divers, Phu Quoc
- City
- Duong Dong
- Country
- Vietnam
- Date
- 17 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 37 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.908028132970157
Longitude: 104.02118539823277
- Weather Conditions
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Moderate wind, moderate current. Warm, dry.
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 20 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Hemp/Cloth mix nylon fishing nets | 2 |
| Nylon bag | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | nets |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Brittle star (star fish), sponges and corals |
| Number Entangled | 8 |
| Type of Debris | mostly fishing nets and lines |
| Comments | Brittle star released injured, sponges and coral injured |
Additional Information
Bad fishing practices, overfishing and lack of respect of their own reefs and ecosystems. Highly polluted with all kinds of chemicals going straight into the sea unfiltered also the waste management is horrible. I see them everyday just dumping all their waste straight into the sea. Education needed very bad.
Batteries
Plastic . All sorts
Fishing lines
Fishing nets
Comments and Feedback
In general the whole of Vietnam needs to be educated about sustainability and waste management. Customers and staff alike are shocked when they see their behaviour first time, appalling. Also, 99% drops anchor and don't care where, we try to explain we need permanent moorings but they say it's too expensive and people will steal rope, they also say they don't really care when we say don't drop the anchor over coral. They need to be educated in seamanship and diving practices in general as well, none knows what the dive flags look like and their meaning so many times when we are diving other boats come in to the dive site and drops anchor straight over our heads, all of us have been dodging anchors at least once.
