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Moalboal bay

20 January, 2017

Team Leader
Martins Slisans
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
60 kgs (measured)

9.93563, 123.391767

Survey Information

Location Name
Moalboal bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Savedra Dive center
City
Moalboal
Country
Philippines
Date
20 January, 2017
Survey Duration
62 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.93563
Longitude: 123.391767
Weather Conditions
Was rainy.
Survey Depth Range
4–25 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 243
Bags: Trash (plastic) 300
Bait Containers, Packaging 500
Diapers/nappies 15
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 15
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 4

This place is a bay, so whatever floods during storm on the surface later descent and stays there under the layer of sand and silt.

Plastic packing

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