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GOAL: Clean Seas Fl. Keys Preset GPS REEF Cleaning 26AUG 2023

26 August, 2023

Team Leader
Jennifer Kerr
Number of Participants
8
Total Debris Collected
150 lbs (estimated)

25.038751, -80.342746

Survey Information

Location Name
GOAL: Clean Seas Fl. Keys Preset GPS REEF Cleaning 26AUG 2023
Organization/Dive Centre
Sail Fish Scuba
City
Key Largo
Country
United States
Date
26 August, 2023
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 25.038751
Longitude: -80.342746
Weather Conditions
SE winds, 1.5 to 2.5 feet seas, viz 20 - 30 feet and soupy green, water temp 88+F, moderate currents.
Survey Depth Range
45–68 feet
Area Surveyed
800 ft2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Baskets, Crates 1
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 2
Fishing: Line 50
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
Plastic Fragments 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 10
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Caps & Lids (metal) 1
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 10
Metal Fragments 3
Fishing: Traps & Pots 4
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 12
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 4
Fishing: Traps & Pots 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 250
Cloth Fragments 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
Clothing 2
other materials collected
CUBAN homemade lobster trap float with Tree/pieces of brick/mesh/string/cotten table cloth for flag 1
Fishing Traps & Pots 2

Just once again, careless humans out boating, sadly.

Cuban lobster trap float.

Removal of fishing/anchor/lobster trap lines in the corals.

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