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Sebastians Reef

24 October, 2020

Team Leader
Pascal van Empelen
Number of Participants
17
Total Debris Collected
12 kgs (estimated)

12.1409527, -68.2761284

Survey Information

Location Name
Sebastians Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
VIP Diving
City
Kralendijk
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
24 October, 2020
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.1409527
Longitude: -68.2761284
Weather Conditions
Stormy, but calm on survey day
Survey Depth Range
6–12 meters
Area Surveyed
276 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 18
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 11
Fishing: Line 40
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 8
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 6
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Caps & Lids (metal) 4
Cars & Car Parts 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 4
Metal Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 3
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 6
Clothing 1

No, not on our house reef/Sebastians Reef

Usual suspects

Fishing line

Shattered glass

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