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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Turtle Point

3 March, 2020

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

9.757122, 123.342452

Survey Information

Location Name
Turtle Point
Organization/Dive Centre
Alegria Dive Resort
City
Alegria
Country
Philippines
Date
3 March, 2020
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 9.757122
Longitude: 123.342452
Weather Conditions
Good
Survey Depth Range
5–30 meters
Area Surveyed
58.11 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 16
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
Entangled Animals
Sea Turtle
Species or Common Name Green Turtle
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Ghost nets
Comments Tangled in nets

Yes

Green turtle

Angelleys reef


Just one month after find the dead hawksbill we find a dead green

Again suffocated tangled in the nets

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