Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Marco 5 Mile Culverts
28 September, 2019
- Team Leader
- John Blake
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 200 lbs (estimated)
25.922630809929, -81.809885409206
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Marco 5 Mile Culverts
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Scuba Marco
- City
- Marco Island
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 28 September, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 38 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 25.922630809929
Longitude: -81.809885409206
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and Calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 25–35 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 150 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef of Concrete Blocks and Culverts
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 47 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 22 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Appliances: Household | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 47 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 50 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Steel Anchor | 5 |
| Anchor Chain | 2 |
| Plastic Fishing Line Spool | 1 |
| Spearfishing Band | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile Snappers and Tomtates |
| Number Entangled | 100 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Cast Nets |
| Comments | Cast nets continued to catch bait fish after it was abandoned. |
Additional Information
Shrimp Net
Plastic Cast nets
Fishing Line
Cloth Rope
