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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ligpo island

5 November, 2011

Team Leader
james mc ann
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
25 kgs (estimated)

8.928487, 123.222656

Survey Information

Location Name
ligpo island
Organization/Dive Centre
diver network
City
batangas
Country
Philippines
Date
5 November, 2011
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 8.928487
Longitude: 123.222656
Weather Conditions
good weather nice and calm
Survey Depth Range
8–12 meters
Area Surveyed
150 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 32
Bags: Trash (plastic) 17
Bait Containers, Packaging 21
Balloons 3
Balls 2
Baskets, Crates 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 23
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cigar Tips 37
Cotton Bud Sticks 6
Diapers/nappies 8
Fishing: Line 200
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 200
Food Wrappers (plastic) 33
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Cigarette Filters 77
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 4
Jars-food (glass) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 6
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 167
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 14
mixed materials collected
Toys 2
Entangled Animals
Sea Turtle
Number Entangled 1
Comments 1 small sea turtle found stuck in fishing nets.we had too cut it out.then it just sank dead
Other Animals
Comments many big and small reef fish stuck in fishing net.mostly dead with bloated bodies.when we cut out the medim sized fish float too the surface the others just sink daed.people cannot eat most of the fish in these nets anyway.

1 dead turtle


local fisher men came over too resort later too complain about us breaking his net which is his livehood,as he feeds his family this way.we try too explain too him 2 divers we almost killed getting stuck in his nets

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