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Katori Maru Wreck

16 September, 2019

Team Leader
Nicholas Sia Shaw Yang
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
78 kgs (measured)

1, 110

Survey Information

Location Name
Katori Maru Wreck
Organization/Dive Centre
Premier Marine & scuba Centre
City
Kuching
Country
Malaysia
Date
16 September, 2019
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 1
Longitude: 110
Weather Conditions
Average
Survey Depth Range
14–19.2 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Wreck
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Fishing: Line 10
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 8
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
metal materials collected
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 15
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Crab

Fishing trawlers

abandoned fish net

Abandoned fish trap

Fish hooks

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