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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS474 - Yellow Submarine

30 January, 2019

Team Leader
Kathryn Hehre
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

12.159864356019, -68.281908311645

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS474 - Yellow Submarine
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
30 January, 2019
Survey Duration
56 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.159864356019
Longitude: -68.281908311645
Weather Conditions
32 degrees C, Sunny, Windy
Survey Depth Range
2–13.4 meters
Area Surveyed
3000 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Line 8
Food Wrappers (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 6
Strapping Bands (plastic) 4
glass materials collected
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 11
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
Fireworks 8
other materials collected
Fiberglass Building Materials 1

New Years Eve parties at the beginning of the month - numerous fireworks were set off over the harbour front in Kralendijk.

Plastic

Glass and Ceramic fragments (a mixture of both)

Fireworks (this time of year)

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