February 13th, 2009: More than 60 tires on the reef removed

This project was started as Happy Hour chatter among the sailboat cruisers moored along the shoreline in Kralendijk. It was quite evident to all that the surge and surf from Hurricane Omar, in October 2008, had caused a dramatic increase in the debris (mainly tires and wooden planks from the shore and broken docks) that was lying in the shallows and on the reef. One cruiser counted 68 tires within the span of 5 boats. The group voted to offer its services to the Marine Park. To that end, Din, Chief Ranger of the Marine Park, attended a meeting in which it was agreed that 3 park staff members, Juan, Apo and Polina, and a park boat, would work with the boaters to pick up only those tires that had no coral or sponge growth on them.

A survey of the boaters resulted in 100 percent participation among them. Over 40 people were organized into teams made up of divers, swimmers and boat workers. Toucan Dive Shop kindly provided free air fills for the divers. On Thursday, January 29 the group worked for three hours to retrieve over 60 tires, which eventually filled a garbage bin, provided to us by Selibon, on the commercial dock. The event was so successful, that the boaters agreed to complete the cleanup of tires from the remainder of the mooring field and adjacent reef.  STINAPA Bonaire thanks all the participants who made this special clean up into such a big success.

 

A saka mas ku 60 tayer for di riba ref

Resientemente un grupo di doñonan di yate ku ta ubiká den bahia di Kralendijk a sera kabes i a disidí ku nan ta bai tene un limpiesa bou di awa.
E proyekto a kuminsá komo un tópiko di kombersashon alegre durante un Happy Hour di e doñonan di e yatenan ku ta mará den e bahia di Kralendijk. Tur esnan presente tabata di akuerdo ku e laman brutu ku a kompañá e tormenta tropikal Omar na òktober 2008, a laga hopi sushedat den e awa plat serka di kosta. Sushedat manera tayer bieu i palu ku a kibra for di e wafnan. Un doño di yate a konta 68 tayer den un área di 5 boto un biaha ku e tabata landa. E grupo a disdí pa ofresé nan ayudo i servisio na Parke Marino.
Nan a yama un reunion ku Din Domacassé, e ‘Chief Ranger’ di Parke Marino i ei nan a palabrá ku 3 empleado di parke, esta Juan, Apo i Paulina, huntu ku e doñonan di yate lo bai saka e tayernan. Nan a paga bon tino pa nan a saka solamente tayer ku ainda no tabatin koral òf spòns ta krese riba nan.

Tur e doñonan di e yatenan a partisipá. Na total nan tabata mas ku 40 hende. A parti e hendenan den tim di sambuyadó, landadó i trahadó riba e boto. Toucan Dive Shop a koperá ku airu grátis pa e sambuyadónan. E grupo a traha 3 ora largu i a saka mas ku 60 tayer for di bou di awa. A yena un kònteiner di heru grandi di Selibon, rant rant ku tayer bieu. E evento tabata asina eksitoso ku mesora e doñonan di yate a palabrá ku lo sigui un otro biaha pa kaba limpia henter e área kaminda e yate ta mara. Un bunita gesto i STINAPA ta yama tur ku a partisipá den e limpiesa aki, danki.

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