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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Te Amo Beach

16 June, 2012

Team Leader
Carolyn Caporusso
Number of Participants
62
Total Debris Collected
130 kgs (estimated)

12.134663, -68.279686

Survey Information

Location Name
Te Amo Beach
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
16 June, 2012
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.134663
Longitude: -68.279686
Weather Conditions
sunny & dry
Survey Depth Range
0–20 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Balloons 3
Baskets, Crates 3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 8
Caps & Lids (plastic) 33
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 67
Fishing: Line 170
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Furnishings (plastic) 3
Gloves (latex) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 10
Plastic Fragments 24
Cigarette Filters 24
Rope (plastic/nylon) 12
glass materials collected
Buoys (glass) 1
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Jars-food (glass) 6
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 13
Beverage Bottles (glass) 76
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 7
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 14
Caps & Lids (metal) 34
Cars & Car Parts 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Strapping Bands (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 7
Wrappers (foil/metal) 5
Metal Fragments 13
Batteries: Car Or Boat 2
rubber materials collected
Condoms 4
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Rubber Bands 1
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 3
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 8
Wood Fragments 35
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 3
Rope And String (cloth) 4
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 5
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 3
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
other materials collected
Boat parts 2
Anchors 2
Airco cover 1

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