Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS73 - House Reef
28 February, 2018
- Team Leader
- Stephen Lee
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 8 kgs (measured)
2.5182518148003, 103.97558041927
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS73 - House Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Orca Scuba
- City
- Mersing
- Country
- Malaysia
- Date
- 28 February, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 2.5182518148003
Longitude: 103.97558041927
- Weather Conditions
-
Rained 5 days ago, but sunny every other day.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.5–7 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 100 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 6 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 11 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 17 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rat Trap (with dead rat inside) | 1 |
Additional Information
Dumping trash or refuse of the jetty. Loss and abandonment of fishing gear by local staff.
Rat trap (with complementary dead rat inside)
Plastic strapping bands are not easily cut by Z-knives. Coral encrusts rapidly and we do not with to harm the coral growing on its surface.
Squid fishing hooks (round with hooks radiating from center). Injured myself while rummaging through the bag.
Ropes are in high quantity
