Dive Against Debris Data Submission
The Aquarium
15 March, 2020
- Team Leader
- Imogen davies
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 9 kgs (measured)
2.789288, 104.204615
Survey Information
- Location Name
- The Aquarium
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Reef Tribes
- City
- Juara
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 15 March, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 2.789288
Longitude: 104.204615
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with some clouds
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
plastic materials collected | |
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Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
Bags: Trash (plastic) | 6 |
Balls | 1 |
Baskets, Crates | 4 |
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 7 |
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 5 |
Bottles: Oil/lube | 7 |
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
Caps & Lids (plastic) | 32 |
Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 5 |
Fishing: Line | 7 |
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
Plastic Fragments | 16 |
Cigarette Filters | 4 |
Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
glass materials collected | |
---|---|
Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
rubber materials collected | |
---|---|
Tires/tyres | 1 |
cloth materials collected | |
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Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
Cloth Fragments | 4 |
mixed materials collected | |
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Clothing | 4 |
Toys | 1 |
Entangled Animals | |
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Other Animals | |
Species or Common Name | Coral |
Number Entangled | 1 |
Status | injured |
Type of Debris | Fishing net |
Comments | We untangled fishing net from coral but some pieces had already been broken off and were still connected to the fishing net |
Additional Information
More fishing vessels being present after the monsoon
A small toy egg
Fishing net
Plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
Soon after the end of the monsoon
Shallow beach front reef so collects alot of debris