Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tarpon Hole
30 January, 2019
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 462 lbs (measured)
24.53078, -80.33065
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tarpon Hole
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 30 January, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.53078
Longitude: -80.33065
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy, 5-7' seas
- Survey Depth Range
- 60–95 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 18 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 3 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 8 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 22 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor | 20 |
| Misc. Metal hardware | 2 |
| Rubber floor mat | 1 |
Additional Information
Commercial and recreational fishing
Rubber floor mat
Anchors
Anchor line
Crab and lobster traps
