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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Hin Wong Bay - Koh Tao - Thailand

29 October, 2018

Team Leader
Jamie Hull
Number of Participants
9
Total Debris Collected
22.8 kgs (measured)

10.103800015688, 99.845847099564

Survey Information

Location Name
Hin Wong Bay - Koh Tao - Thailand
Organization/Dive Centre
Davy Jones Locker (DJL) Diving Co Ltd.
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
29 October, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.103800015688
Longitude: 99.845847099564
Weather Conditions
Good to moderate, light winds, light showers
Survey Depth Range
2–10 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 10
Bags: Trash (plastic) 26
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Caps & Lids (plastic) 11
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 10
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 5
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 10
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 6
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name juvenile parrot fish
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris fishing net
Comments dead when i found him/her

Local Fishermen on Koh Tao, Thailand

Fibreglass boat sheeting - part of a boat structure

Fishing Nets

Rope

Sharp glass fragments


few tyres on site that require lift bags to remove.

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