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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Ingoo Beach

19 April, 2013

Team Leader
D. Allen Rivera
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

37.972891, 128.762469

Survey Information

Location Name
Ingoo Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Aquatic Frontier
City
Ingoo, Dongsan-ri
Country
South Korea
Date
19 April, 2013
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 37.972891
Longitude: 128.762469
Weather Conditions
Windy and cool
Survey Depth Range
– meters
Area Surveyed
m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Beach
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 6
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Fishing: Line 2
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 7
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Gloves (latex) 8
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 2
Plastic Fragments 5
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 7
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 4
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 3
Cloth Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Clothing 10

a miniature fishing trap


The bulk of the weight came from 7 commercial fishing traps that had washed in from the sea. all but one was shredded.

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