Stone Lighthouse
10 March, 2017
- Team Leader
- Max Olofsson
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 kgs (estimated)
9.906846891597137, 104.02100837243779
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Stone Lighthouse
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rainbow Divers, Phu Quoc
- City
- Duong Dong
- Country
- Vietnam
- Date
- 10 March, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 9.906846891597137
Longitude: 104.02100837243779
- Weather Conditions
-
Light rain, sun
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 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-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 8 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 9 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
Additional Information
Poor waste management, overfishing. Poor education, for sailmanship, lack of respect for our planet and it's inhabitants. Whatever garbage the locals have here, especially around An Thoi the throw it straight into the sea. Even the boats we hire do as we get back from the daytrips. They do not understand us and when we ask people to tell them to stop they say they are afraid as the boat crews have gangs and attack people that disagrees or complains.
Old snorkling mask
Fishing equipment
Food/drink packaging, plastic
plastic bags
Comments and Feedback
In Viet Nam the waste management is dire. With the increase in tourism it's getting worse and they are not trying to do anything about it. They gladly take money from tourism but the waste goes straight out into to nature. It is a classic problem, money today don't care about tomorrow. Seas and land here is plastic fantastic.
