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Playa Piscado

29 October, 2017

Team Leader
Bor
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (measured)

12.369514213853, -69.154282718864

Survey Information

Location Name
Playa Piscado
Organization/Dive Centre
The Dive Bus
City
Cuaraco
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
29 October, 2017
Survey Duration
62 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.369514213853
Longitude: -69.154282718864
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
3–18 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 4
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 100
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Plastic Fragments 9
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 7
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Entangled Animals
Marine Mammals
Species or Common Name Spotted Moray Eel
Number Entangled 1
Status dead
Type of Debris Fishing line

Fishing line

Glas bottles

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