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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Bonaire Harbour front

25 April, 2020

Team Leader
Pieter de Groot
Number of Participants
25
Total Debris Collected
65 kgs (estimated)

12.157395703009, -68.280136084298

Survey Information

Location Name
Bonaire Harbour front
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
25 April, 2020
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.157395703009
Longitude: -68.280136084298
Weather Conditions
very good
Survey Depth Range
2–10 meters
Area Surveyed
4500 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 7
Bottles: Oil/lube 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 3
Caps & Lids (plastic) 6
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 30
Fishing: Line 108
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 6
Food Wrappers (plastic) 5
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 17
Straws, Stirrers 3
Plastic Fragments 93
Cigarette Filters 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Buoys (glass) 2
Jars-food (glass) 10
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 83
Beverage Bottles (glass) 100
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 23
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 5
Caps & Lids (metal) 8
Pipes & Rebar 2
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 33
Metal Fragments 11
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 9
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 3
Rubber Bands 8
Rubber Fragments 8
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 54
Cloth Fragments 45
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 23
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 9
other materials collected
tools 8
umbrella 1
glasses 2
misc 1

Dive site is part of a harbor, more debris is found at the site where fishing boats Moore after their day of fishing

umbrella

beer bottles

fishing lines

plastic fragments

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