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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Day.21 Jeju Island

6 July, 2021

Team Leader
Hyugseok Kim
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

33.259073, 126.639788

Survey Information

Location Name
Day.21 Jeju Island
Organization/Dive Centre
Time Space Dive
City
Seogwipo-si
Country
South Korea
Date
6 July, 2021
Survey Duration
30 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 33.259073
Longitude: 126.639788
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
3–7 meters
Area Surveyed
5234.31 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 4
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1

There were so many lures for fishing.

Abandoned fishing lures are in the ocean.

Fishing lures

Gloves

Rubber band


Fishman have no way of retrieving fishing baits that have fallen into the ocean. The best way is not to fish, but I think it would be better if scubadivers pay a little more attention and collect them.

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