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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop

4 August, 2018

Team Leader
William Henderson
Number of Participants
1
Total Debris Collected
12 kgs (estimated)

36.136072, 129.398292

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS126 - Chilpo Beach Northern Rocky outcrop
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Against Debris Korea (Daegu)
City
Pohang
Country
South Korea
Date
4 August, 2018
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 36.136072
Longitude: 129.398292
Weather Conditions
Clear and Hot. Ocean has been calm
Survey Depth Range
1–4 meters
Area Surveyed
1109 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 6
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Fishing: Line 4
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 14
Gloves (latex) 19
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Straws, Stirrers 1
Plastic Fragments 113
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 3
Wrappers (foil/metal) 9
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 8
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Gloves (cloth) 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Golf Ball 2
canvas strap w/ plastic clip 1
Fiberglass rod 1
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Unknown
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing line/hooks
Comments Fish was dead with hook in mouth and fishing line with several other hooks trailing

Due to parking issues (nowhere to park) i ended up entering the water a bit farther south and swimming toward the outcrop. There is where I found this massive area of seagrass/weeds/kelp/seaweed on the bottom, and a jungle of plastic within. This was the first of the 2 tank debris cleaning session, and the seabed kept me busy~

plastic gloves (food service type)

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