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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ABC Jetty

24 October, 2015

Team Leader
Nic Emery
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
23 kgs (measured)

2.841398, 104.158252

Survey Information

Location Name
ABC Jetty
Organization/Dive Centre
B&J Diving Centre
City
Tioman Island
Country
Malaysia
Date
24 October, 2015
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 2.841398
Longitude: 104.158252
Weather Conditions
Calm, lots of haze
Survey Depth Range
2–10 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
under jetty - silt and debris
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 8
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 51
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 8
Cigarette Filters 1
Strapping Bands (plastic) 4
glass materials collected
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 5
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 7
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 19
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Cars & Car Parts 8
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
SCUBA Weights 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 13
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
Metal Fragments 18
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 1
other materials collected
Sunglasses 1
Hairclip 1
Large plastic peg 1
Fan belts 3
Bunting flags 1
Android phone screen protector 1

Candle Stick Holder

Aluminium cans - thrown from the jetty

Wire - thrown over board when boats are doing maintenance

Fishing line and hook - illegal fishing from the jetty

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