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ADS474 - Yellow Submarine

19 September, 2018

Team Leader
Caitlin Hale
Number of Participants
25
Total Debris Collected
25 kgs (estimated)

12.16016285382, -68.282103860617

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS474 - Yellow Submarine
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
19 September, 2018
Survey Duration
55 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.16016285382
Longitude: -68.282103860617
Weather Conditions
Wind reversal, 32 degrees C, sunny/partly cloudy.
Survey Depth Range
2–15 meters
Area Surveyed
4700 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Carpet (synthetic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 17
Fishing: Line 192
Food Wrappers (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 84
Cigarette Filters 2
Strapping Bands (plastic) 15
Rope (plastic/nylon) 21
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 36
Beverage Bottles (glass) 14
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 11
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 19
Wrappers (foil/metal) 4
Metal Fragments 9
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 5
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 9
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 14
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 17
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 21
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 6
Fireworks 1
other materials collected
Bar of Soap 2
Boat Parts (Mixed Materials) 2
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name Crab
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Nylon Rope
Comments Was untangled carefully, and released unharmed.
Other Animals
Species or Common Name Octopus
Number Entangled 1
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris Unknown
Comments Found juvenile octopus when counting debris, and was released back into the ocean unharmed.

Bars of soap

Fishing line


Dive Friends Bonaire AWARE Week Dive Against Debris - Day 3 of 5 First survey for the DFB Yellow Submarine Reef as an Adopted Dive Site.

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