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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Te Amo Beach, Bonaire

6 May, 2022

Team Leader
Michèle Doucet
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
56 lbs (measured)

12.134006255916, -68.280906698351

Survey Information

Location Name
Te Amo Beach, Bonaire
Organization/Dive Centre
Regroupement de chercheurs en conservation et santé des écosystèmes aquatiques (RCCSEA)
City
Kralendjik
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
6 May, 2022
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.134006255916
Longitude: -68.280906698351
Weather Conditions
Nothing to declare.
Rain showers and cloudy
Survey Depth Range
6–40 feet
Area Surveyed
5820.22 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Balloons 1
Balls 1
Cigar Tips 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 6
Fishing: Line 18
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 9
Plastic Fragments 1
Strapping Bands (plastic) 2
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 7
metal materials collected
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Metal Fragments 4
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 3
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 3
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 11
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Tampons 1
other materials collected
leather briefcase 1
dried paint flake 1

Leather briefcase

various plastic materials

fishing lines


Food trucks located close to the site do not serve food in disposable containers (thus reducing potential for plastic waste) Commercial pier located on the site (debris collected under the pier), locals may be allowed to fish from this location (thus explaining the numerous fishing lines found) One of the only public beaches in Bonaire where many tourists and locals go for picnics (plastic and cardboard (mostly) food wrappers) Construction materials were found under the pier; some of which were too heavy to recover

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