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Tres Trapi

21 March, 2021

Team Leader
Albi
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
2 kgs (estimated)

12.601429590387, -70.052155306168

Survey Information

Location Name
Tres Trapi
Organization/Dive Centre
Scubblebubbles
Country
Aruba
Date
21 March, 2021
Survey Duration
68 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.601429590387
Longitude: -70.052155306168
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
2–4 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 10
Plastic Fragments 5
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 35
metal materials collected
Caps & Lids (metal) 13
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 6
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 20
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Caribbean spiny lobster
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Plastic fishing line
Comments Lobster's antenna was entangled in fishing line. See photos.

Fishing lines and hooks

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