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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS188 - Sunset Pier

10 January, 2017

Team Leader
Dianne Martyn
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
15 kgs (estimated)

10.624192, 103.294936

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS188 - Sunset Pier
Organization/Dive Centre
Save Cambodian Marine Life
City
M'Pai Bay
Country
Cambodia
Date
10 January, 2017
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.624192
Longitude: 103.294936
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
0.5–2.5 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 13
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 17
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Diapers/nappies 2
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 15
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 9
Gloves (latex) 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 10
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 18
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Tires/tyres 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 8
Cloth Fragments 13
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 5
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Small black crabe
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Most likely fishing net
Comments Found among the rubbish when we were sorting them out

Uneducated fishing practices

Doll mini-comb (plastic toy)

Fishing nets & lines

Food containers

Clothes

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