Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Port Aransas South Jetty Pier Lab
27 July, 2018
- Team Leader
- Mark McNamara
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 15 lbs (estimated)
27.837856061833, -97.050433588027
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Port Aransas South Jetty Pier Lab
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Transformation Scuba
- City
- Corpus Christi
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 27 July, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 10 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.837856061833
Longitude: -97.050433588027
- Weather Conditions
-
No rain clear weather.
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Sunken Pier
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Snapper, Sheepshead, and Toadfish |
| Number Entangled | 4 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Lost Crab Trap |
| Comments | 4 fish were released from lost crab trap all we injured but swam away. |
Additional Information
This was likely lost when Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas in 2017.
Crab trap full of fish.
Lost cast nets
Lost crab traps
Fishing line, leaders, and lead weights
Comments and Feedback
Video https://youtu.be/nvMX5LInHiI
