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ADS187 - Koh Koun South

5 October, 2016

Team Leader
Dianne Martyn
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
100 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
5 October, 2016
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.626453
Longitude: 103.2987
Weather Conditions
Sunny & fine with slight current at surface
Survey Depth Range
5.5–5.7 meters
Area Surveyed
8 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 15
Foam Insulation & Packaging 2
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 3
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 6
wood materials collected
Fishing: Traps & Pots 8
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 2
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Towels/rags 8
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 3
Toys 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name parrot fish
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris fish trap
Comments was caught in net of fish trap to gills & had to cut free, had a small incision on side of gills when released, stunned & shocked but took off once it became aware of being free while held in water
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name small crabs
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris net found on coral reef
Comments released unharmed once cut free of net

fishermen bad habits

nets covering coral & reef

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