00:00So, for our findings, this report will focus mainly on the results of the underwater scuba that we conducted.
00:13So, the grounding site is just located 2.6 kilometers east of Pagasa Island.
00:22Kung mahikita nyo po dyan sa slide, yung dito po sa inset po natin.
00:30Yung inset map, doon naman po sa upper left, mahikita nyo po yung red lines.
00:41Yun po yung dinaanan po natin ng ating re-scan.
00:44When we zoom in on that, eto na po yung mahikita natin, yung yellow polygon and green polygons.
00:52So, just remember these two polygons.
00:55Si yellow polygon, sya po yung sea anchor area, and the green polygon, sya po yung impacted area.
01:04Doon po nakafocus yung aming underwater assessment.
01:09Next slide please.
01:10So, yung kanina pong yellow polygon, yung po yung ating sea anchor area, it is about 9 meters depth po.
01:22Doon po natin nakita yung sea anchor.
01:25In this case po, parachute anchor po yung ginamit ng Chinese vessel.
01:29And yung parachute anchor po, function niya po is to limit yung drag ng vessel.
01:40Kaya po sya, yun po yung ginamit na lang.
01:42Kasi that time po daw po, ay masama po yung panahon.
01:46And, we measured yung paglapat po, nung sea anchor sa bottom.
01:54And we measured it at about 307 square meters.
01:59So, ito pong buong 307 square meters na po, ay considered as damage na po.
02:05And, Dr. Ben will explain it later why.
02:09Next slide please.
02:10So, on your left, left side po ng screen, yung po yung scene sa ilalim.
02:19Yung po yung actual na sea anchor.
02:21And, on the right side of the screen, it's just for demonstration purposes po.
02:26Hindi po yan yung actual na, yung sa right side.
02:29Just for demonstration, ganyan po sya ginagamit.
02:32So, just to keep afloat po yung ating vessel,
02:37gumagamit po sila ng parachute anchor.
02:39Para hindi po sya madrug away.
02:44Next slide please.
02:46So, this is just a video clip again,
02:49nung parachute anchor sa ilalim.
02:52Showing po yung, yung mismong canopy niya.
02:58Yung kulay white.
02:59And then, yung mga strings po niya.
03:02These are made up of high density nylon material.
03:09So, we tried to lift that up.
03:14Sobra pong bigat niya.
03:17And for a six-month dive team, medyo mahira po syang buhatin.
03:24Next slide po.
03:25So, we turned naman our focus dun sa green polygon, which is the, we called it impacted area.
03:37In our previous assessments in damage of a grounding vessel sa Palawan,
03:41We usually look for indications na nag-ground po talagang isang vessel.
03:48May kita po natin yun sa pamamagitan ng meron pong, yung mga reef structure mismo,
03:54ay either na pa-flat po sya, talagang flat po,
03:58or nato-turn over po.
04:01At makikita niyo po yung sun sa ilalim.
04:04O kaya naman, dulog na dulog sya, pulverized po yung,
04:07almost pulverized yung makikita niyong mga reef fragments kapag yung kill or yung hull po nung vessel ay na-ground.
04:15So, yung po yung hinanap po namin.
04:17But in this case, we didn't find any of those indicators.
04:22Instead, yung damages po na nakita po natin ay broken fragments,
04:27broken fragments po ng mga branching corals,
04:32and chip-off fragments ng mga massive corals.
04:37Kung kayo po ay nag-snorkel, yung mga massive po yung parang mga pilog-pilog na bato,
04:41ayun po.
04:43And for the broken fragments, both hard and soft corals po ang nakita po natin na putol-putol.
04:51And we conclude, based on our observation,
04:57that the damages on the reef diyan po sa impacted area,
05:01ay caused by yung drag mismo nung reef angkor.
05:06And we estimate, yung po yung mga yellow dots po na yan,
05:11yung po yung mga actual na location po saan po namin nakita yung mga broken fragments of corals.
05:19And we estimate at around 30% of that area nung kulay green na polygon,
05:27yung po yung damage po dyan.
05:29And yung sa yellow polygon po natin kanina na si angkor area,
05:33that is totally damaged din po.
05:36Next slide, please.
05:37And these are some of the photos sa ilalim.
05:43Yung three upper photos po natin, those are branching corals,
05:51both hard and soft corals na broken.
05:55And then sa baba naman po, three bottom figures,
05:58yun po ay mga na-chip off na massive corals.
06:02Next slide.
06:05Same po, yan po yung mga pinapakita po natin dyan ay mga branching corals,
06:09both hard and soft corals.
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