" To protect and conserve coral reefs by establishing and implementing environmentally friendly guidelines to promote a sustainable diving tourism industry. "
Place where you saw. ( Drag&Drop Marker to the position. If you don't know ,please Click 'Remove Marker' button )
Reef topography at the diving site : -- Select -- Gentle Slope from shore Obvious reef flat and reef slope Very steep (wall type) Submerged rocky reef Reef Type : -- Select -- Dense coral reef (no matter alive or dead) Patch reef (patches of corals scattering on sandy floor) Rocky reef (corals growing on rock boulders) Zone of the reef where you observed : -- Select -- Reef flat Reef slope Both flat and slope Wall Irregular topography on submerged rock
Percentage cover (visual estimate)
Other* means animals attach firmly on floor such as sea anemone, zoanthid, corallimorph, giant clam
Common type of coral (you can tick more than one if find more than one type)
In average, in the area approximately 10x10 m you find....(or answer only for the last column)
1. Needle spined urchin : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-20) Fair number (21-50) Over 50 or (per 1 dive)
2. Crown-of-thorns starfish : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-2) Fair number (3-4) Over 5 or (per 1 dive)
3. Sea cucumber : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-5) Fair number (6-10) Over 10 or (per 1 dive)
4. Parrot fish : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-5) Fair number (6-10) Over 10 or (per 1 dive)
5. Bumphead parrot fish : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1) Fair number (2) Over 3 or (per 1 dive)
6. Grouper : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-2) Fair number (3-4) Over 5 or (per 1 dive)
7. Snapper : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-5) Fair number (6-10) Over 10 or (per 1 dive)
8. Butterfly fish : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1-5) Fair number (6-10) Over 10 or (per 1 dive)
9. Napoleon wrasse : -- Select -- None (0) Small number (1) Fair number (2) Over 3 or (per 1 dive)
* If you answer for the last column, how far you dive : (m.)
Reef attractiveness (dive site rating) : -- Select -- Exceptional Pretty good Moderately good Limited Very poor
Hard coral variety : -- Select -- Exceptional Pretty good Moderately good Limited Very poor
Reef fish number : -- Select -- Superabundant Abundant Moderately A bit limited Very poor
Reef fish variety : -- Select -- Incredibly varied Pretty varied Moderate variety A bit limited Noticeably few
Damage in the reef
1. Fishing gear (such as net) : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
2. Spear fishing : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
3. Dynamite blasting : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
4. Diving : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
5. Shell collecting : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
6. Stepping/holding on to coral : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
7. Oil slick : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
8. Anchoring on coral : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
9. Sediment : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
10. Sewage : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
11. Crown of thorns star fish infestation : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
12. Dead from coral bleaching : -- Select -- None Possible/little Some Moderate Extensive/severe
Water visibility (viewed horizontally underwater) : (m.)
Water temperature : (°C)
Sea floor : -- Select -- Muddy Fine sand Coarse sand
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