Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Turtle Trek
11 October, 2020
- Team Leader
- Megan Fryer
- Number of Participants
- 28
- Total Debris Collected
- 105.3 lbs (measured)
24.812467, -80.66765
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Turtle Trek
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 11 October, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.812467
Longitude: -80.66765
- Weather Conditions
-
very windy, 20 knots+
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–75 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 10 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| anchor and line | 2 |
| wrench | 1 |
Additional Information
no
wrench, it was pretty cool
rope- from fishing
fishing line- from fishing
metal scraps- from I presume lobster and crab traps
