Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Port Island, Hong Kong 西貢赤洲
12 July, 2015
- Team Leader
- Eian KEE
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (measured)
22.502091, 114.356418
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Port Island, Hong Kong 西貢赤洲
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Blue ocean Club
- City
- Hong Kong
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 12 July, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.502091
Longitude: 114.356418
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 5 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | crabs , Hermit crabs, rabbit fish |
| Number Entangled | 20 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | abandoned fishnets |
Additional Information
Plastics pollution
Abandoned fishing nets
Abandoned Fish traps
