Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS290 - Vietnamese Bay South
2 April, 2017
- Team Leader
- Tommy Kenna
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (measured)
10.621902, 103.307272
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS290 - Vietnamese Bay South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Save Cambodian Marine Life
- City
- Koh Rong Samloem
- Country
- Cambodia
- Date
- 2 April, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 59 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.621902
Longitude: 103.307272
- Weather Conditions
-
Scattered thunderstorms
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–11.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1125 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 4 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 7 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 18 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 9 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
Additional Information
Pants
Rope - highest number of items found
Food wrappers - persistent problem with increasing tourism
Beverage cans - persistent problem with increasing tourism
