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Seaventures House Reef

15 March, 2016

Team Leader
Brigitte Zintz & Kim Jacaba
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
10.1 kgs (measured)

4.253939, 118.633335

Survey Information

Location Name
Seaventures House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Seaventures Dive Rig
City
Mabul Island
Country
Malaysia
Date
15 March, 2016
Survey Duration
48 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 4.253939
Longitude: 118.633335
Weather Conditions
good
Survey Depth Range
10–18 meters
Area Surveyed
5000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 20
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 36
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 48
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 13
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 7
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
comb plastic 1
facial foam sponge 1
light switch 1
fibreglass fragments 1

food wrappers (people don't care)

beverage cans (same reason)

beverage bottles plastic (same reason)


one of the tin cans shattered into 100 pieces while inside the meshbag. we counted it still as 1 tin can and not a lots of metal fragments

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