Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS187 - Koh Koun South
10 December, 2016
- Team Leader
- Dianne Martyn
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 39 kgs (estimated)
10.626453, 103.2987
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS187 - Koh Koun South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Save Cambodian Marine LIfe
- City
- M'Pei Bay
- Country
- Cambodia
- Date
- 10 December, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 57 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.626453
Longitude: 103.2987
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy and Humid. Winds coming from SE
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–4.7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 5 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- 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) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea Slugs Cowrie Shell |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Net and Fishing Line |
| Comments | Sea Slugs were mates and when one was released he would not leave until his mate was released. The Cowrie Shell was find when counting data but was still released unharmed |
Additional Information
Bad fishing practices
Fishing nets/rope
fishing lines
plastic
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