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ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera

6 October, 2017

Team Leader
Sabine Henkel
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (measured)

13.521685, 120.975398

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
Organization/Dive Centre
Asia Divers
City
Puerto Galera
Country
Philippines
Date
6 October, 2017
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 13.521685
Longitude: 120.975398
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
5–22 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 26
Plastic Fragments 9
Cigarette Filters 5
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 9
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 3
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
other materials collected
Spear gun spear 1

No

Spear gun spear

Plastic wrappers

Fishing lines

Glass bottles


No

Left a lot of entangled fishing lines for later recovery. Other great marine life found- pair of Spiny devil fish, several stone fish, large green turtle, mantis shrimp.

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