Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Crocker Reef
20 September, 2022
- Team Leader
- Angeline
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 0.5 lbs (estimated)
24.54245, -80.51567
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Crocker Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Islamorada Dive Center/FKNMS
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 20 September, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.54245
Longitude: -80.51567
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 45–60 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 900 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Sharks & Rays | |
| Species or Common Name | Nurse Shark |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Hook and fishing line |
| Comments | A hook and approximately 100 ft of fishing line was removed from a nurse shark |
