Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS566 - Shell Bay
14 December, 2019
- Team Leader
- Yu Huang
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 255.75 kgs (measured)
22.53333, 114.48333
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS566 - Shell Bay
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive4love
- City
- Shenzhen
- Country
- China
- Date
- 14 December, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.53333
Longitude: 114.48333
- Weather Conditions
-
Good.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.3–4.4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 6000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sand
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 4 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 6 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | catfish and puffer fish |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing: traps |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | fishing: traps |
Additional Information
We found a huge pile of abandoned fishing net. We divided it into 6 piles and one of the pile weighed 12.5kg. We also found 27 long fishing traps.
