Dive Against Debris Data Submission
N Venice Public Beach
4 May, 2024
- Team Leader
- Brooke Welch
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 lbs (estimated)
27.100850806089, -82.463144214129
Survey Information
- Location Name
- N Venice Public Beach
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sarasota Ocean Preservers
- City
- Venice
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 4 May, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 66 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.100850806089
Longitude: -82.463144214129
- Weather Conditions
-
No rain, hot
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–19 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 429.74 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- gravel
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Knob | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Unknown |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | Too decomposed to identify |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Stone crab |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | Two sub adult and two juvenile |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Grouper and snapper |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing net |
| Comments | Release condition was lethargic and had facial abrasions, snapper was just about dead |
Additional Information
No
Hat
Fishing net
Line from fishing activities
Plastic
Comments and Feedback
Is there a way to add more than one species in each entangled category? If not, that would be a helpful addition
Net was covering several rocks of the reef
