Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Haad Salad
12 November, 2022
- Team Leader
- Victoria Fahey
- Number of Participants
- 13
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 kgs (estimated)
9.788489, 99.971732
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Haad Salad
- Organization/Dive Centre
- CoreSea
- City
- Koh Phangan
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 12 November, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.788489
Longitude: 99.971732
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear with some heavy rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2608.08 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing net (150m gill net) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Large Spiky Reef Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Net |
| Comments | Big spiky orange crab, don't know species |
Additional Information
Boat fishing too close to the reef
The massive Gill net
The fishing line wrapped around Acropora corals
Comments and Feedback
Felt really good to clear this net, it was relatively new debris so luckily no fish had been caught in it yet
