Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Conch Wall
11 August, 2017
- Team Leader
- Jack Fishman
- Number of Participants
- 32
- Total Debris Collected
- 90 lbs (measured)
24.95183333, -80.4594
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Conch Wall
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Rainbow Reef
- City
- Key Largo
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 11 August, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.95183333
Longitude: -80.4594
- Weather Conditions
-
Low waves
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–100 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 163.44 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 2 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 12 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 2 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 12 |
| Wood Fragments | 10 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 20 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Spear gun | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Spiny Lobster |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Broken ghost pot |
| Comments | Freed the lobster with permits from Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission |
Additional Information
Poor anchoring for fisherman
Full JBL Spear gun
Floating line
Anchor line
Glass bottles
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