Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS187 - Koh Koun South
18 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Dianne Martyn
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
10.626453, 103.2987
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS187 - Koh Koun South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Save cambodian mariane life
- City
- M'Pai Bay
- Country
- Cambodia
- Date
- 18 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 49 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.626453
Longitude: 103.2987
- Weather Conditions
-
windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–9.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 300 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 9 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 5 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 10 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 36 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Echinoderms Ophiarthrum |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | can |
| Comments | came out by itself |
Additional Information
Tourism and uneducated fisherman
Pink Hat and a toy
Cans
Food Wrappers
Plastic Bottles
Comments and Feedback
strong currents at the start of the dive we struggled to find debris as the regular cleaning is paying off. We have had comments about how clean the reefs are looking from other dive shops.
We saw a school bag that has become a home to crustaceans. Very interesting.
