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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS188 - Sunset Pier

17 March, 2017

Team Leader
Dianne Martyn
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
31 kgs (estimated)

10.624192, 103.294936

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS188 - Sunset Pier
Organization/Dive Centre
Save Cambodian Marine Life
City
M'Pei Bay
Country
Cambodia
Date
17 March, 2017
Survey Duration
95 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.624192
Longitude: 103.294936
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
0–3 meters
Area Surveyed
750 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 12
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 6
Fishing: Line 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 29
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 14
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 6
Wrappers (foil/metal) 9
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
wood materials collected
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 4
Rope And String (cloth) 26
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 13
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
electrical cable 1
Al Foil 3
builders concrete in mesh 1
steel anchor hook 1
cig butt 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Acorpora branching coral
Number Entangled 11
Status injured
Type of Debris nets and hessian
Comments broken because of debris\taken to the coral nursery to be replanted

Irresponsible fisherman tourism activities

steel anchor hook

net and traps

cloth ropes

foil and plastic wrappers


The amount of rope and net entwined within the structure of the coral reef were very saddening.

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