Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Koh Yawasam
17 August, 2011
- Team Leader
- Linnea Bergdahl
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
7.928675, 98.852234
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Koh Yawasam
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Projects Abroad
- City
- Ao nang
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 17 August, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 7.928675
Longitude: 98.852234
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny and calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 280 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bamboo fish trap | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Comments | Snappers |
Comments and Feedback
The fish trap was found about one month ago, but was left beacuse of cuttlefish eggs inside it. Holes were cut in the net to let fish out. Now the eggs were hatched, and the trap brought up.
