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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Song Saa

21 September, 2013

Team Leader
Jelena Vukosavljevic
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
60 kgs (estimated)

10.755191, 103.261378

Survey Information

Location Name
Song Saa
Organization/Dive Centre
Song Saa Private Island
City
Sihanoukville
Country
Cambodia
Date
21 September, 2013
Survey Duration
80 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.755191
Longitude: 103.261378
Weather Conditions
Monsoons - very windy and heavy rain
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
sandy bottom
Wave Conditions
Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Bags: Trash (plastic) 20
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 7
Fishing: Line 7
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 20
Food Wrappers (plastic) 23
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Straws, Stirrers 7
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 5
Plastic Fragments 31
Strapping Bands (plastic) 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 8
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 2
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 7
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 6
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2

Construction works, nearby village and plenty of fishing boats in the area

molded chunks of cement

fishing gear

flip flops

plastic

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