Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Long Dong (Dragon Hole)
28 February, 2020
- Team Leader
- Zheng-wei Chen
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 kgs (estimated)
25.11204, 121.9166
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Long Dong (Dragon Hole)
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- New Taipei City
- Country
- Taiwan
- Date
- 28 February, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.11204
Longitude: 121.9166
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy, sometimes sunny. Land temperature 21 degrees Celsius, and water temp 18 degrees Celsius.
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–14 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 12 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 6 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sea Turtle | |
| Species or Common Name | Green Sea Turtle |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Nets |
| Comments | Dead for a long time, only bones are found. Judging from its five vertebral scutes and four coastal scutes, I assume it could be a green sea turtle. Marginal scutes were all lost. |
Additional Information
There are gill nets at the site.
Gill nets. We did not take them up. Too large for 2 divers to carry.
gill nets
fishing lines
lures and hooks
Comments and Feedback
We'll keep cleaning this area.
