Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS03 - Liquid House Reef - Mainit
8 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- Berlinda Koolen
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 18 kgs (measured)
9.21092, 123.286042
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS03 - Liquid House Reef - Mainit
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Liquid Dive Dumaguete
- City
- Dauin
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 8 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 62 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.21092
Longitude: 123.286042
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, nearly no waves or wind. Sunny mostly with an occasional short shower.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–22 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 861 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Diapers/nappies | 4 |
| Fishing: Line | 30 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 25 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
Camping bag
Fishing line - wrapped around alot of coral with fish hooks hooked into sponges
Plastic shampoo & coffee sachets - stuck inside coral cavities, buried in sand
Plastic bags - smother the coral
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