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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

The Aquarium

4 March, 2020

Team Leader
Imogen Davies
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
6 kgs (measured)

2.789288, 104.204615

Survey Information

Location Name
The Aquarium
Organization/Dive Centre
Reef tribes
City
Pahang
Country
Malaysia
Date
4 March, 2020
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 2.789288
Longitude: 104.204615
Weather Conditions
Cloudy
Survey Depth Range
3–10 meters
Area Surveyed
7705.53 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 14
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 9
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 10
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Plastic Fragments 16
Rope (plastic/nylon) 6
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Coral
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing line
Comments Many fishing lines and nets were entangled around coral colonies

Monsoon

Fishing weight

Fishing lines

Fishing nets

Bottles


We are just coming out if the monsoon season

Site is just off from the beach so gets a lot of debris dumped through wave action

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