Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Napantao MPA
4 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Marie Seraphim
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 2 kgs (measured)
10.066189, 125.135282
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Napantao MPA
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Coral Cay Conservation
- City
- Napantao
- Country
- Philippines
- Date
- 4 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.066189
Longitude: 125.135282
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 5–16 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 10267.2 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Coral colony |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | The fishing line was completely tangled around the coral colony |
Additional Information
Rice bag
Fishing lines - Illegal fishing activity in the MPA
Rice bag - lots of household trash on Philippine's reefs
Plastic wrapper - lots of household trash on Philippine's reefs
Comments and Feedback
I can't seem to enter the correct latitude for this survey, could you fix this for me? Every time I try it automatically edits it to "90". These are the correct coordinates: Latitude 125.13528199866414 Longitude 10.06618884835334
Coral Cay Conservation is a research NGO based in Napantao, Southern Leyte Philippines. Our goal is to assess coral reef health in the region.
