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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau

24 July, 2021

Team Leader
Eszter
Number of Participants
16
Total Debris Collected
43.76 kgs (measured)

22.545909, 114.431823

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
Organization/Dive Centre
Tursiopsdivers
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
24 July, 2021
Survey Duration
57 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
Weather Conditions
windy and rainy with Typhoon passing by
Survey Depth Range
1.2–8.2 meters
Area Surveyed
1372.04 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 77
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 16
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Cigarette Lighters 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 19
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 10
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 7
Foam Insulation & Packaging 12
Food Wrappers (plastic) 89
Furnishings (plastic) 6
Gloves (latex) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 23
Straws, Stirrers 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 5
Plastic Fragments 91
Strapping Bands (plastic) 6
Rope (plastic/nylon) 14
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 18
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 3
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Toys 2
other materials collected
screwdriver 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crab
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris plastic bags

Face masks (logged as clothes)

plastics wraps and bags

fishing items

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