Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Shelter Island
28 August, 2024
- Team Leader
- Kevin Suen
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 238 kgs (estimated)
22.33110110444, 114.29345203783
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Shelter Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- A Plastic Ocean Foundation
- City
- Hong Kong
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 28 August, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.33110110444
Longitude: 114.29345203783
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.1–3.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1026.81 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 103 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 8 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 13 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 14 |
| Metal Fragments | 17 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 16 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fish net |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea cucumber |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fish net |
Additional Information
Illegal dumping from fishing vessels
Fish net
Fishing traps
Plastics
