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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau

31 March, 2018

Team Leader
Tursiopsdiver
Number of Participants
14
Total Debris Collected
37.11 kgs (measured)

22.545909, 114.431823

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
Organization/Dive Centre
Tursiopsdivers
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
31 March, 2018
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
5790.7 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 11
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 18
Caps & Lids (plastic) 8
Cigarette Lighters 4
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 14
Food Wrappers (plastic) 94
Furnishings (plastic) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 3
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 11
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 48
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 11
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 27
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 8
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
Rubber Bands 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 4
Toys 1
other materials collected
Medication packaging 2

Electrical plug, medication tape, marble (children toy), Wok

Plastic bags

Abandoned fishing gears

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