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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS290 - Vietnamese Bay South

2 April, 2017

Team Leader
Tommy Kenna
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
9 kgs (measured)

10.621902, 103.307272

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS290 - Vietnamese Bay South
Organization/Dive Centre
Save Cambodian Marine Life
City
Koh Rong Samloem
Country
Cambodia
Date
2 April, 2017
Survey Duration
59 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.621902
Longitude: 103.307272
Weather Conditions
Scattered thunderstorms
Survey Depth Range
8–11.5 meters
Area Surveyed
1125 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 3
Food Wrappers (plastic) 8
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 7
Plastic Fragments 1
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 18
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 9
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2

Pants

Rope - highest number of items found

Food wrappers - persistent problem with increasing tourism

Beverage cans - persistent problem with increasing tourism

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