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Pre-Assigned GPS Goal Clean Seas Site off French Reef Key Largo

25 August, 2023

Team Leader
Jennifer Kerr
Number of Participants
11
Total Debris Collected
350 lbs (estimated)

25.029161, -80.353301

Survey Information

Location Name
Pre-Assigned GPS Goal Clean Seas Site off French Reef Key Largo
Organization/Dive Centre
Sail Fish Scuba
City
Key Largo
Country
United States
Date
25 August, 2023
Survey Duration
52 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 25.029161
Longitude: -80.353301
Weather Conditions
ENE winds 15 knots, seas 1.5 - 3.0 feet, milky visibility 40 feet, strong currents, water temp 87 - 89 F.
Survey Depth Range
32–68 feet
Area Surveyed
400 ft2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Fishing: Line 30
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 13
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 1
Plastic Fragments 1
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Metal Fragments 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 3
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 2
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Fishing: Traps & Pots 3
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 8
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 2
other materials collected
Blade of kitchen cleaver 1

careless fishing persons.

Cloth/nylon garden hose.

Anchor lines laced thru the living coral reef and barrel sponges.

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