Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Exotic House Reef
5 February, 2018
- Team Leader
- Chen Wang
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (estimated)
11.329786904913, 124.13010086864
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Exotic House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort
- City
- Daanbantayan
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 5 February, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 31 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.329786904913
Longitude: 124.13010086864
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–9 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Parrot fish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | Parrot fish was found entangled in the fishing net and was not moving initially. But it started twitching when approached and after cut it loose it was able to swimming around again. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Hermit crab |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
Additional Information
Found a large but thin lined fishing net got caught on one of our House Reef's marking post and dragged along the coral reef area. Depth was from 7-9m and the fishing net covered an estimated area of 10 square meters (10m x 1m). Recovered the fishing net and cut loose the entangled animals unharmed.
