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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| 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
