Dive Against Debris Data Submission
High Island Reservoir New Territories Hong Kong
20 August, 2011
- Team Leader
- Self (Rob Gordon)
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- kgs (estimated)
22.360713, 114.375744
Survey Information
- Location Name
- High Island Reservoir New Territories Hong Kong
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Splash Hong Kong
- City
- Sai Kung
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 20 August, 2011
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.360713
Longitude: 114.375744
- Weather Conditions
-
Clam with some rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–11 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock and sand
- Ecosystem
- Rocky area with some coral and bounded by dolosses dam wall.
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 11 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 2 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 6 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Comments | 1 lobster and 2 crabs. Good to see a lobster here!! 1 crab and 1 lobster still alive |
Additional Information
Toilet seat
