The official part of the Clean Up Day took place at The Racha, a new 5* location at Bungalow Bay on Racha Islands. They provided the transport from the beach to the resort, though a lot of people preferred to walk.

After lunch buffet traditionally the 13 students from the DOCT Divemaster Program were honored by receiving their certificates from HE Suwit Khunkiti, Minister of Natural Resources and Enviroment, PADI Regional Manager Rick Ray, Holger and Andrea from DOCT.
Final point of the day was when HE Suwit Khunkiti inspected the garbage - on the first glimpse it was recognizable that almost all of the garbage can be related to fishery, from fishing nets, ropes, fishing lines with hooks to oil filters and dumped batteries.

Collection Data - provided by Niphon Phongsuwan from Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC)
Fishing gears (such as fishing net, hook line)	111.33 kg	The Divers from Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC)
Rope	52.80 kg
Glass bottle	15.60 kg
Soft drink can and beer can	6.80 kg
Metal sling	12.80 kg
Other metal materials	16.20 kg
Plastic and foam	74.70 kg
Rubber tube	3.00 kg
Cloth	11.20 kg
Tire	28.00 kg
Other	13.30 kg
Total	345.73 kg

These two joint events – DOCT Earth Day Clean Up and Reefball Project got a great coverage by the press. We spotted: Andaman News, Channel 11, Channel V, various radio channels, SingTai, Scuba Globe, Phuket Gazette, Tip and Bubble Vision.

Summarising we want to thank all sponsors, participants and organizers for this successfull day !



The DOCT Committee