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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

31 July, 2017

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (estimated)

36.136072, 129.398292

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
City
Pohang
Country
South Korea
Date
31 July, 2017
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Occasional rain showers.
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
10 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 5
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cigarette Lighters 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Gloves (latex) 12
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Plastic Fragments 56
Strapping Bands (plastic) 4
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 23
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
Rubber Fragments 5
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 18
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 6
Tampons 1

Not aware of anything specific, though I did notice a lot of the local abalone missing from the rocks, which may explain why there were so many newer-looking cloth gloves found.

There is a long, perhaps 15 meters in length plastic pipe just off the beach. I tried to remove it, but its just too heavy and slippery for me to pull out alone.

cloth gloves

plastic gloves ( not latex)

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