Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Looe Key NMS
12 April, 2019
- Team Leader
- Chad Sawyer
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 37.5 lbs (measured)
24.545983, -81.572267
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Looe Key NMS
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Captain Hooks Looe Key Reef Adventures
- City
- Big Pine Key
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 12 April, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 45 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.545983
Longitude: -81.572267
- Weather Conditions
-
1’-2’ seas, 8knot winds out of the West, 30’ visibility
- Survey Depth Range
- 12–28 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 4 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 15 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Trap |
Additional Information
No
Bullet
Cans
Bags
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