Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Koh Maar
21 October, 2014
- Team Leader
- Neil Richards
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
9.801558, 99.978166
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Koh Maar
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Haad Yao Divers
- City
- Koh Phangan
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 21 October, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.801558
Longitude: 99.978166
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm. 6 meter viz.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 14 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fluorescent Light Tubes | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| fishing net | 14kg |
Additional Information
Lots of fishing net
Light bulb
Plastic bottles. Tourism
Fishing nets.
light bulbs. Squid fishing boats use lights to attract the squid.
Comments and Feedback
I will be holding these surveys every two months. I am recruiting marine biology students from a local marine conservation study centre.
