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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Marichi

2 December, 2018

Team Leader
Mats Wissink
Number of Participants
17
Total Debris Collected
41 kgs (estimated)

12.102516392143, -68.932968786478

Survey Information

Location Name
Marichi
Organization/Dive Centre
Scuba Lodge Dive Center
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
2 December, 2018
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.102516392143
Longitude: -68.932968786478
Weather Conditions
Sunny with once in a while some rain
Survey Depth Range
3–15 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 11
Fishing: Line 98
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Straws, Stirrers 3
Plastic Fragments 3
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 40
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 12
Cars & Car Parts 1
Batteries: Car Or Boat 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 5
rubber materials collected
Condoms 2
Tires/tyres 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Cloth Fragments 5
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4

Underwear

Fishing line

Bottles

Plastic cups


There was an awesome spirit for the last clean up of the year. A lot of attention in the news were we have spread the word about adopting a dive site initiative around the world. Also #GiveSeaLifeAHand and Lilly's Pick Up picked heard about our clean up dive and are going to share about Project Aware and Adopt a Dive Site one of these days! Let's make it a cleaner yewar in 2019!

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