Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Turtle Bay, Satang Island
12 May, 2019
- Team Leader
- Melisa Malini
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
1.7876671338299, 110.16509547051
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Turtle Bay, Satang Island
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Premeir Marine & Scuba Centre
- City
- Kuching
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 12 May, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.7876671338299
Longitude: 110.16509547051
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 250 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Hawksbill |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | We found bones of the hawksbill turtle on the net and surrounding area. |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
Additional Information
Fishing illegally within the national park by recreational fisherman as the nets are not the common type used by villagers in the area.
ghost nets
fish hooks
