plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic)
1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic)
1
Fishing: Line
26
Food Wrappers (plastic)
1
Plastic Fragments
22
Strapping Bands (plastic)
3
Rope (plastic/nylon)
2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments
6
Beverage Bottles (glass)
3
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets
3
Rubber Fragments
5
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments
2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments
2
mixed materials collected
Tampons
1
other materials collected
duct tape
1
onion skin
1
fishing line spool (plastic)
1
button (plastic)
1
wetwipes (plastic/cloth)
8
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name
French Angelfish
Number Entangled
1
Status
injured
Type of Debris
fishing hook and fishing line
Comments
French Angelfish are protected around Bonaire. This one has a hook caught in its mouth, with 1m of fishing line trailing. Was not able to catch and remove hook from the fish.
Additional Information
Was there any event that could have contributed to the documented debris?
Sailing Regatta Bonaire 2018 was this past week - increased volume of tourists and sailboats to the island.
What were the most problematic debris items in your location?
Fishing line
Plastics
