Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ponquogue Bridge
12 July, 2023
- Team Leader
- Yurika Tomita
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 18.23 lbs (measured)
40.841445102553, -72.49920300778
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ponquogue Bridge
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Hampton Dive Center
- City
- Riverhead
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 12 July, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 32 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.841445102553
Longitude: -72.49920300778
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–13 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 56772.6 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- eelgrass, mussels
- 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) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 14 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 10 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 13 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 23 |
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Horseshoe Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | monofilament fishing line |
| Comments | did not have his tail but unsure if it was from monofilament fishing line that caused it. |
