Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS499 - Spaans Lagoon
31 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Nichole Danser
- Number of Participants
- 30
- Total Debris Collected
- 300 kgs (estimated)
12.470307953115, -69.980066674621
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS499 - Spaans Lagoon
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scubblebubbles and ALFI
- City
- Pos Chiquito
- Country
- Aruba
- Date
- 31 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.470307953115
Longitude: -69.980066674621
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–4 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 80 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 44 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 12 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 19 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 16 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 4 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 7 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 37 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 5 |
| Toothbrushes | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 82 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 34 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 4 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 104 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 54 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 27 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 3 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 4 |
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 2 |
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 30 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 4 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Mattress | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Ray |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fish trap |
| Comments | Dead in trap |
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Eel |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Rope |
| Comments | Baby eel |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 7 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Rope |
| Comments | Lots of baby crabs |
Additional Information
Plastic bottles
Glass bottles
Rope
