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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

DAY.12 Cheongganjeong

2 May, 2021

Team Leader
Hyungseok Kim
Number of Participants
31
Total Debris Collected
30 kgs (estimated)

38.266521, 128.558492

Survey Information

Location Name
DAY.12 Cheongganjeong
Organization/Dive Centre
Time Space Dive
City
Goseong
Country
South Korea
Date
2 May, 2021
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.266521
Longitude: 128.558492
Weather Conditions
Cloudy and Windy
Survey Depth Range
2–7 meters
Area Surveyed
5605.72 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Plastic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 1

I found a lot of PVC pipe. It was set as part of facility for raising fish.

PVC Pipes

PVC Pipes

Fishing nets

Plarstic fragments


We have to inform that problem to owner. I will make the owner clean up that space. However, the ocean was very clean.

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