Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Town Island South
17 July, 2021
- Team Leader
- Alexander Croney
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 7 kgs (measured)
22.329688628116, 114.36304071879
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Town Island South
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sai Kung Scuba
- City
- Sai Kung
- Country
- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Date
- 17 July, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.329688628116
Longitude: 114.36304071879
- Weather Conditions
-
Hot and Clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–10.2 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 60 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | File Fish |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Ghost Net |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Ghost Net |
| Comments | 2 Crabs Dead and 1 injured |
Additional Information
Small boat wreck
Ghost Net
Plastic Fragments
Wood
