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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Keys Canyon

20 July, 2013

Team Leader
Karen Bohnsack
Number of Participants
7
Total Debris Collected
5 lbs (measured)

25.720617, -80.098933

Survey Information

Location Name
Keys Canyon
Organization/Dive Centre
RJ Diving Ventures
City
Miami
Country
United States
Date
20 July, 2013
Survey Duration
43 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 25.720617
Longitude: -80.098933
Weather Conditions
Unknown
Survey Depth Range
20–33 feet
Area Surveyed
45000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
Consolidated hard bottom
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Plastic Fragments 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 2
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 7

This dive was part of the 3rd Annual Southeast Florida Reef Cleanup, hosted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This event included a total of numerous dive opportunities aboard local Dive Charter Boats in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. Each dive will be reported to separately.

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