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GOAL: Clean Seas Fl. Keys PM Boat pre-assigned cleaning site off FRENCH Reef

25 August, 2023

Team Leader
Jennifer E. Kerr
Number of Participants
10
Total Debris Collected
112 lbs (estimated)

25.029845, -80.351687

Survey Information

Location Name
GOAL: Clean Seas Fl. Keys PM Boat pre-assigned cleaning site off FRENCH Reef
Organization/Dive Centre
Sail Fish Scuba
City
Key Largo
Country
United States
Date
25 August, 2023
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 25.029845
Longitude: -80.351687
Weather Conditions
Slight SE Winds - Seas 2-3 feet, moderate current, 20 - 40 feet visibility, water temperature 88F.
Survey Depth Range
43–68 feet
Area Surveyed
200 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
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 46
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 4
Rope (plastic/nylon) 12
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
SCUBA Weights 10
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 1
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 3
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 55
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 3
other materials collected
SCUBA Weight Belt with plastic buckel 6# lead weight & 4 # lead weight attached 1
Fishing Traps & Pots 1

careless boaters, fishermen, and diver who lost weight belt.

Diver scuba weight belt with a 6# and a 4# weight attached.

lobster trap lines wrapped around corals.

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