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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Home Reef

1 February, 2020

Team Leader
Lee Ricketts
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

9.75899, 123.342907

Survey Information

Location Name
Home Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Alegria Dive Resort
City
Alegria
Country
Philippines
Date
1 February, 2020
Survey Duration
25 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.75899
Longitude: 123.342907
Weather Conditions
Very good
Survey Depth Range
10–20 meters
Area Surveyed
73 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Fishing: Line 21
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Entangled Animals
Sea Turtle
Species or Common Name Green Turtle & Hawks Bill Turtle (Male)
Number Entangled 2
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing net
Comments Green - Retrieved from a fishing net Hawks Bill - Found dead tangled in the fishing net

Yes

Hawks bill Turtle

Angelleys reef


Male hawksbill turtle dead in the fishing net

We are cleaning the ghost nets from the reef

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