Dive Against Debris Data Submission
The Mound
24 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 173 lbs (measured)
24.50465, -80.37366
Survey Information
- Location Name
- The Mound
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 24 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.50465
Longitude: -80.37366
- Weather Conditions
-
Windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 45–80 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 | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 26 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 4 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 32 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal boat skid plate | 1 |
| Plastic squeeze yogurt container | 1 |
| Anchor and chain | 5 |
| Plastic lobster trap door | 1 |
Additional Information
Ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
Plastic squeeze yogurt pouch
Anchors
Trap line
Fishing line
