Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Two Fish Divers Lembeh House Reef
30 May, 2021
- Team Leader
- Maia Brooke
- Number of Participants
- 3
- Total Debris Collected
- 12 kgs (estimated)
1.4439521448212, 125.23547026744
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Two Fish Divers Lembeh House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Two Fish Divers
- Country
- Indonesia
- Date
- 30 May, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 1.4439521448212
Longitude: 125.23547026744
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, sunny, no wind and some afternoon showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 4600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 201 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 21 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 4 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 29 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Brittle Star |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic Cup |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Lined ribbon worm |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic food wrapper |
| Comments | It was hidden in between the double layer of lining of a food wrapper and was found after the dive. We had to cut the end of the lining to get it out to release it back onto the dive site unharmed. It was about 20cm long. |
Additional Information
Plastic bags because they smother the coral and cause them to bleach and die
Plastic trap animals inside and cause them to become stuck
