Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Butong
12 September, 2015
- Team Leader
- JIA LE TAN
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 kgs (estimated)
5.938816528968596, 102.72045135498047
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Butong
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Quiver Dive Team
- City
- Pulau Perhentian Kecil
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 12 September, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 5.938816528968596
Longitude: 102.72045135498047
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–21 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 20 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 1 |
Additional Information
Fishing will will caused net, fishing hook, and line, and of course empty drinks bottles being left in the sea. And of course this is due to those fisherman are lack of knowledge on protecting our seas, by throwing non-biodegradable items into the sea, not knowing that those mentioned items will jeopardise the marine ecosystem.
