Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Looe Key SPA and Adjacent Area
15 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Kama Cannon
- Number of Participants
- 32
- Total Debris Collected
- 1600 lbs (measured)
24.55307, -81.3812
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Looe Key SPA and Adjacent Area
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DiveN2Life/Looe Key Dive Center/FKNMS/
- City
- Big Torch Key
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 15 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.55307
Longitude: -81.3812
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and clear
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–55 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1563 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 5 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 3 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 4 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 2 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 1 |
| Pallets | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 41 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 2 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 45 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | crab |
| Number Entangled | 8 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | lobster traps |
Additional Information
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