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Dive Friends Bonaire Yellow Submarine

17 October, 2018

Team Leader
Kathryn Hehre
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

12.159984024578, -68.282151685599

Survey Information

Location Name
Dive Friends Bonaire Yellow Submarine
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
17 October, 2018
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.159984024578
Longitude: -68.282151685599
Weather Conditions
32 degrees C, windy, mostly sunny
Survey Depth Range
1–11.6 meters
Area Surveyed
1000 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 26
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 22
Strapping Bands (plastic) 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 6
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 3
Rubber Fragments 5
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Tampons 1
other materials collected
duct tape 1
onion skin 1
fishing line spool (plastic) 1
button (plastic) 1
wetwipes (plastic/cloth) 8
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name French Angelfish
Number Entangled 1
Status injured
Type of Debris fishing hook and fishing line
Comments French Angelfish are protected around Bonaire. This one has a hook caught in its mouth, with 1m of fishing line trailing. Was not able to catch and remove hook from the fish.

Sailing Regatta Bonaire 2018 was this past week - increased volume of tourists and sailboats to the island.

Fishing line

Plastics

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