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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

The Aquarium

15 March, 2020

Team Leader
Imogen davies
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
9 kgs (measured)

2.789288, 104.204615

Survey Information

Location Name
The Aquarium
Organization/Dive Centre
Reef Tribes
City
Juara
Country
Malaysia
Date
15 March, 2020
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 2.789288
Longitude: 104.204615
Weather Conditions
Sunny with some clouds
Survey Depth Range
3–8 meters
Area Surveyed
10 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 6
Balls 1
Baskets, Crates 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 7
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 5
Bottles: Oil/lube 7
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 3
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 32
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 5
Fishing: Line 7
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 7
Foam Insulation & Packaging 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Straws, Stirrers 2
Plastic Fragments 16
Cigarette Filters 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 4
Toys 1
Entangled Animals
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Coral
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris Fishing net
Comments We untangled fishing net from coral but some pieces had already been broken off and were still connected to the fishing net

More fishing vessels being present after the monsoon

A small toy egg

Fishing net

Plastic bags


Soon after the end of the monsoon

Shallow beach front reef so collects alot of debris

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