Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ung Kong Chau (Bluff Island)
20 November, 2022
- Team Leader
- Marky Mak
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 10 kgs (estimated)
22.32608, 114.354079
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ung Kong Chau (Bluff Island)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Ghostnets Clearance Volunteering Group
- City
- Sai Kung
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 20 November, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.32608
Longitude: 114.354079
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny; https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/dailyExtract.htm?y=2022&m=11
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–5.5 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 131 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs |
| Number Entangled | 30 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | ghostnets |
| Comments | crabs are trapped underneath the nets making it very difficult to save them from entangled nets. |
Additional Information
https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/dailyExtract.htm?y=2022&m=11
ghostnets
ghostnets
plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
N/A
The ghostnet-covered area is huge, it has been very difficult to remove the nets as it has mounted the surface of coral. We can only cut it piece-by-piece and carefully hold our buoyance to cut it by scissors'.
