Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Looe Key SPA East
3 February, 2019
- Team Leader
- Kama Cannon
- Number of Participants
- 14
- Total Debris Collected
- 650 lbs (estimated)
24.324925, -81.240068
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Looe Key SPA East
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DiveN2Life/Looe Key Dive Center/FKNMS/
- City
- Ramrod Key
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 3 February, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.324925
Longitude: -81.240068
- Weather Conditions
-
Cool temperatures with clear skies
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 36000 ft2
- 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) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 20 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 11 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cement |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | lobster |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | derelict and illegal lobster trap |
| Comments | It was a baby and we set it free. |
Additional Information
Hurricane Irma and the latest winter storm that rolled past in January 2019
A baby lobster
buoy line
rope
wooden lobster traps
