BASAK NORTH REEF
3 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Kenneth Lee Materum
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 6.1 kgs (measured)
9.117391, 123.211905
Survey Information
- Location Name
- BASAK NORTH REEF
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Allura Dive Center
- City
- Zamboanguita
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 3 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.117391
Longitude: 123.211905
- Weather Conditions
-
Fair and very sunny weather the week before the cleanup dive
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–24 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 9 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Diapers/nappies | 10 |
| Fishing: Line | 53 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 57 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 42 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sachets: cleaning materials - powdered soap and detergent powder, fabric conditioner | 29 |
Additional Information
Nothing in particular.
All were regular and common domestic and fishing-related trash/garbage.
Fishing line with multiple hooks.
Plastic fragments especially shopping bag (sando)
Food packaging - kids snacks and coffee/juice sachets
Comments and Feedback
This survey/cleanup effort was done in cooperation with the Bantay Dagat ("Sea watchers"; locals policing the protected area) - Team 3, Zamboanguita LGU. They provided surface support and the boat the divers used. The data collected will be submitted to the Mayor's office and the Coastal Resource Management department of MENRO [Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer].
We are coordinating with the local authorities to re-attach mooring buoys/markers to mark the borders of the reef knowing that it's a marine protected zone. And hopefully minimize fishing in the area. We understand and consider the current situation, with lack of jobs or sources of livelihood due to ongoing pandemic, the local communities resort to fishing in the said protected area for food consumption.
