Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS481 - Laplight
18 December, 2018
- Team Leader
- Walter Schmit
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 4 kgs (estimated)
11.326670502182, 124.11671659941
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS481 - Laplight
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Devocean Divers 22605
- City
- Malapascua Island
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 18 December, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 11.326670502182
Longitude: 124.11671659941
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–18 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 358.159 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 13 |
| Diapers/nappies | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 14 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 6 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 13 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Bamboo Sharks |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing |
| Comments | 3 dead bamboo sharks juveniles |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glas |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Blue Spotted Stingray |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | 7 tails of adults rays |
| Comments | Fishing by locals |
Additional Information
Local population living next to the place
Glass
Plastic food envoltorios
Fishing lines
Bottles
Comments and Feedback
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