Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Playa Piscado
11 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Nanne Van der Heiden
- Number of Participants
- 36
- Total Debris Collected
- 113 kgs (measured)
12.3695227, -69.15391979999998
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Playa Piscado
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Bus
- City
- Cuaraco
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 11 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.3695227
Longitude: -69.15391979999998
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 14 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 1712 |
| Plastic Fragments | 14 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 46 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 44 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 13 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 3 |
| Rubber Fragments | 27 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| Cloth Fragments | 80 |
Additional Information
Local Fishermen
lots of fishing hooks
fishing line
fishing hooks
cans
