Port Aransas South Jetty
1 October, 2016
- Team Leader
- Mark McNamara, EdD
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 84 lbs (measured)
27.835140651819383, -97.04563208855689
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Port Aransas South Jetty
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Transformation Scuba
- City
- Port Aransas
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 October, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.835140651819383
Longitude: -97.04563208855689
- Weather Conditions
-
Overcast
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Jetty Rocks and Sand bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 57 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Mangrove Snapper |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Monofilament and hooks |
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crabs |
| Number Entangled | 10 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Plastic nets |
| Comments | Crabs were released back into the ocean from nets. |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Snails |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cloth Net |
| Comments | Snails in a crab pot. |
Additional Information
This is a popular fishing spot full of ghost fishing gear that regularly traps animals.
Complete fishing pole.
Monofilament with hooks and leaders forming a web.
Ghost cast nets trapping animals.
Lead fishing weights leaching lead into the sediment
Comments and Feedback
Thanks Project AWARE for partnering in another great debris survey.
Thanks to everyone for Diving Against Debris today! You collected, categorized, weighed, disposed of and reported over 84 pounds of ghost fishing gear and other debris that harms wildlife like the Mangrove Snapper that was released from a hook by Dillon and Brian H., as well as some snails and other animals trapped in ghost nets. Thanks to Divers- Greg U., Michael, Dillon, Brian, Greg R., Brittney, Maddie, Anthony, Elizabeth, and Megan as well as the great shore volunteers- Bailey, Brianna, Alysia, Shalecia, Natasha, Spencer, Audrey and Morgan! Special thanks to American Cetacean Society- TAMUCC and TAMUCC Scuba Club. Thanks for protecting marine animals!
