Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pelican Rock
30 May, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jay Clue
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
22.878923190336, -109.89838600159
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pelican Rock
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Dive Ninja Expeditions & Saving Los Cabos
- City
- Cabo San Lucas
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 30 May, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 22.878923190336
Longitude: -109.89838600159
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and wind gusts on and off
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 945 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 18 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 11 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | California Spiny Lobster, Panulirus interruptus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | Lobsters antennae and legs were entangled in a new fishing line that was about 7m long and stretched across various rock and reef. |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Conch |
| Number Entangled | 2 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing line |
| Comments | 2 live conchs were found with fishing line wrapped around part of their shells restricting travel. |
Additional Information
Due to COVID 19 there are no tourism boats on the water as well as no enforcement or monitoring in the marine park. Because of this illegal fishing has been suspected from both shore and boats. The lines we found were free of growth and new, so they must have all been lost within the last few weeks.
Piece of rebar used for a fishing weight.
Fishing line
Fishing hooks
Fishing weights
