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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

DUMIDO(Gyeongnam) port

27 September, 2016

Team Leader
YOUNG BOK CHO
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
300 kgs (estimated)

34.689686347589344, 128.19534301757812

Survey Information

Location Name
DUMIDO(Gyeongnam) port
Organization/Dive Centre
SEA WORLD Dive Center(Busan)
City
Gyeongnam
Country
South Korea
Date
27 September, 2016
Survey Duration
120 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 34.689686347589344
Longitude: 128.19534301757812
Weather Conditions
windy and cloudy
Survey Depth Range
5–12 meters
Area Surveyed
90 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 50
Baskets, Crates 40
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 10
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 10
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 20
Rubber Fragments 50
wood materials collected
Fishing: Traps & Pots 30
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 30
Rope And String (cloth) 50
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 10

Rubbish left by humans, it is environmental pollution will return to be human again.

Been rubbish left drifted into the island from land.

Plastic waste is not clear

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