Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
13 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Sabine Henkel
- Number of Participants
- 6
- Total Debris Collected
- 13 kgs (measured)
13.521685, 120.975398
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS142 - Sabang Bay Puerto Galera
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Asia Divers
- City
- Puerto Galera
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 13 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 13.521685
Longitude: 120.975398
- Weather Conditions
-
Mostly sunny with westerly prevailing winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 75 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 11 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 10 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Sanitary napkin | 1 |
| Large Paint Chips | 8 |
Additional Information
Increasing sightings of fisherman fishing on local reefs, at times metres away from shore - despite Sabang being a government protected area.
Rice bags filled with sand
Fishing lines
Food wrappers
ropes and strings
