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ADS88 - Dive Bus House Reef

11 December, 2016

Team Leader
PADI Staff Instructor Ivana 356300
Number of Participants
5
Total Debris Collected
17 kgs (measured)

12.088975, -68.9051749999999

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS88 - Dive Bus House Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
The Dive Bus
City
Curacao
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
11 December, 2016
Survey Duration
62 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.088975
Longitude: -68.9051749999999
Weather Conditions
very rainy
Survey Depth Range
2.8–11.6 meters
Area Surveyed
2000 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 8
Fishing: Line 248
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 23
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 15
Beverage Bottles (glass) 13
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 14
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 6
SCUBA Weights 1
Metal Fragments 7
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 16
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 1
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Fireworks 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Spotted Eel
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris fishing line
Comments The fishing line was all around the Eel. It suffocated.

local fishermem

firework

fishing line

plastic

clothes


We found lots of new fishing line, beer cans and glass bottles. Much more compared to the last monthly clean ups.

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