Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS03 - Liquid House Reef - Mainit
20 July, 2017
- Team Leader
- Joanna Roberts
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 17 kgs (measured)
9.213404, 123.287056
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS03 - Liquid House Reef - Mainit
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Liquid Dive Dumaguete
- City
- Dauin
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 20 July, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.213404
Longitude: 123.287056
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rainfall with slight flooding
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 861 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: Trash (plastic) | 21 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 13 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 21 |
| Diapers/nappies | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 9 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 14 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal padlock | 1 |
| Leather belt | 1 |
Additional Information
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in the area
Padlock
Fishing line - wrapped around alot of coral with fish hooks hooked into sponges
Plastic grocery bags - smothering the coral
Fishing nets with foamed floats
Comments and Feedback
This was our 2nd Dive Against Debris on our Adopt a Dive Site Mainit. Still we were able to pull out 7,5 kg of fishing line. This is our #1 problem on our housereef.
