Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Kara's Reef
2 August, 2020
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 164 lbs (measured)
24.892933, -80.624167
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Kara's Reef
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 2 August, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.892933
Longitude: -80.624167
- Weather Conditions
-
calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 25 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 19 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 16 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| plastic lobster trap door entrance | 3 |
Additional Information
ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
fishing pole
crab trap pieces
anchor line
fishing line
