Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Aow Mao
15 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- Monique Richards
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 110 kgs (estimated)
10.092284, 99.851534
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Aow Mao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Davy Jones Locker
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 15 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.092284
Longitude: 99.851534
- Weather Conditions
-
Wavy, Rainy
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3300 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) | 25 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 50 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 40 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 3 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 14 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 50 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 9 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| medical thermometer | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | coral grouplers, moray eels |
| Number Entangled | 6 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | a few baby groupers and morays |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | baby crabs |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | baby octopus |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | baby octopus |
Additional Information
Dumped fishing nets and lines, including a trap and lots of lures and hooks, plus general marine debris. Not sure if this was a one off dump or brought in by current.
Thermometer
Fishing net and lines
Plastic bottles
glass bottles
Comments and Feedback
This survey was originally in drafts and failed to send. Tried several times. I hope this works.
