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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau

6 August, 2017

Team Leader
Tursiopsdiver
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
14 kgs (estimated)

22.545909, 114.431823

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
Organization/Dive Centre
City
Tung Ping Chau Island
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
6 August, 2017
Survey Duration
110 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
Weather Conditions
Rainy and stormy
Survey Depth Range
1.8–4 meters
Area Surveyed
9410.09 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) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 11
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 9
Gloves (latex) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 6
Plastic Fragments 9
Rope (plastic/nylon) 8
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 7
SCUBA Weights 1
Metal Fragments 7
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
Cloth hanger 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 3
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Abandoned fishing gear
Comments We only managed to free two of them, on was already dead

No

Huge tarp bags

Abandoned fishing gear

Tarp bags


We are unable to categorise the tarp bags. Please advice for future data collection as it is one of the most common items on our survey.

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