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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Junkyard

16 May, 2024

Team Leader
Jennifer Dowling
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
14.8 kgs (measured)

10.088054293062, 99.821074331926

Survey Information

Location Name
Junkyard
Organization/Dive Centre
The Coral Tribe
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
16 May, 2024
Survey Duration
53 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.088054293062
Longitude: 99.821074331926
Weather Conditions
sunny
Survey Depth Range
6–8 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 6
Baskets, Crates 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 8
Plastic Fragments 9
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 2
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 4
Metal Fragments 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Pillow 1
Phone case 1
medicicne blister 4
paint brush 1
wooden cutlery 2
scubatank screw 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 10
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing net
Other Animals
Species or Common Name sea slug
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing net
Comments Found 3 more shrimp in the fishing net and barnacles on a plastic crate

local fishing boats discarding nets and trash

Pillow

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