Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Canyon Land
23 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 21
- Total Debris Collected
- 255 lbs (estimated)
24.4863, -80.4035
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Canyon Land
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 23 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.4863
Longitude: -80.4035
- Weather Conditions
-
Ideal, no storms
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–50 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 47 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 160 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 24 |
Additional Information
Commercial/Recreational fishing and Hurricane Irma
8 pound round weight
Lobster line
Lobster trap pieces (wood)
Crab traps pieces (metal)
