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ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau

4 September, 2021

Team Leader
Eszter
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
26.66 kgs (measured)

22.545909, 114.431823

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS323 - Tung Ping Chau
Organization/Dive Centre
Country
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Date
4 September, 2021
Survey Duration
36 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 22.545909
Longitude: 114.431823
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
1–5.7 meters
Area Surveyed
2133.79 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) 20
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 6
Fishing: Line 7
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 5
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 31
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 2
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 9
Plastic Fragments 20
Strapping Bands (plastic) 7
Rope (plastic/nylon) 9
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 17
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Metal Fragments 2
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name crab
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Fishing net

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