Marine litter is a world-wide problem, but the knowledge on this topic in remote areas such as the poles and the deep-sea is still limited. This paper seeks to provide the first accounts of deep-sea litter in the South-Western Caribbean Sea. The survey used 5066 still images from ROV video surveys around four hydrocarbon exploratory drilling zones. Forty-eight deep-sea litter items were found at depths between 427 and 2561 m, and analyzed by three different marine litter classifications. Plastic was the most frequent material (65%) and general litter the main category (69%). Almost half of the deep-sea litter items were found close to marine organism. This baseline is a first step to further research of human impact on the marine bottoms of the Caribbean. The paper highlights the importance of deep-sea litter as a descriptor of marine pollution, and the role of scientific cooperation between off-shore industry and the academy.

海洋垃圾是一个世界性的问题，但是在诸如两极和深海等偏远地区，有关该主题的知识仍然有限。本文力图提供西南加勒比海深海垃圾的第一批资料。这项调查使用了来自ROV视频调查的5066张静止图像，这些视频来自四个碳氢化合物勘探钻井区。在427至2561 m的深度发现了48个深海垃圾，并通过三种不同的海洋垃圾分类进行了分析。塑料是最常见的材料（65％），而普通垃圾是主要类别（69％）。在深海垃圾中几乎有一半是在海洋生物附近发现的。该基线是进一步研究人类对加勒比海海底影响的第一步。该论文强调了深海垃圾作为海洋污染的描述的重要性，