Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
6 August, 2017
- Team Leader
- Tursiopsdiver
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 14 kgs (estimated)
22.545909, 114.431823
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Tung Ping Chau Island
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 6 August, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 110 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
- Weather Conditions
-
Rainy and stormy
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.8–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 9410.09 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) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 11 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 9 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 9 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 7 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth hanger | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Abandoned fishing gear |
| Comments | We only managed to free two of them, on was already dead |
Additional Information
No
Huge tarp bags
Abandoned fishing gear
Tarp bags
Comments and Feedback
We are unable to categorise the tarp bags. Please advice for future data collection as it is one of the most common items on our survey.
