Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS187 - Koh Koun South
28 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Dianne martyn
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 13 kgs (estimated)
10.62453, 103.2987
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS187 - Koh Koun South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Save Cambodian Marine Life
- City
- M'Pai Bay
- Country
- Cambodia
- Date
- 28 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.62453
Longitude: 103.2987
- Weather Conditions
-
hot humid days with storms. Windy everyday
- Survey Depth Range
- 3.5–5.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 9 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | grouper |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing net |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | cowrie shell |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing trap |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | tube worms, octopus |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fish traps & ceramic cup |
| Comments | octopus was in cup & entangled in net |
Additional Information
uneducated fishermen & bad fishing practices
tin can
fish traps
fish nets
fishing line
Comments and Feedback
found an octopus in ceramic cup covered in net, when we pulled the net from the cup he was under the net. Pulled net out & released him unharmed
Had lots of fun doing this dive for debris dive
