Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Donut
11 August, 2019
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 21
- Total Debris Collected
- 366 lbs (measured)
24.904009, -80.609982
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Donut
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 11 August, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.904009
Longitude: -80.609982
- Weather Conditions
-
calm and sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–18 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 30 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 | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 18 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 5 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 32 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 7 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| dive flag | 1 |
| plastic lobster trap door | 3 |
| aluminum siding | 2 |
Additional Information
ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
dive flag
crab and lobster traps
anchor line
monofilament
