Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Where Are We?
1 November, 2020
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 19
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 lbs (measured)
24.817967, -80.661683
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Where Are We?
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 November, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.817967
Longitude: -80.661683
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 25–45 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 7 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 17 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor and chain | 2 |
Additional Information
Ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
Trap debris
Fishing line
Anchors
