Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS187 - Koh Koun South
29 October, 2016
- Team Leader
- Dianne Martyn
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 9.95 kgs (estimated)
10.626453, 103.2987
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS187 - Koh Koun South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Save Cambodian Marine Life
- City
- M'Pai Bay
- Country
- Cambodia
- Date
- 29 October, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 34 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.626453
Longitude: 103.2987
- Weather Conditions
-
Very severe current under water and cloudy windy day
Had to abort the dive after 14 minutes as current was not allowing us to stay in one place to collect debris, however collected debris at boat level when we returned to surface - as it went by with the current.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Small crabs |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fine mesh fishing net |
| Comments | cut out with scissors on boat & then relaeased unharmed |
Additional Information
neglect for environment
nets covering the coral on the reef
