Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Dante's Ledge
10 November, 2019
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 18
- Total Debris Collected
- 113 lbs (measured)
24.8466, -80.614117
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Dante's Ledge
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 10 November, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 35 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.8466
Longitude: -80.614117
- Weather Conditions
-
30 knot winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 55–75 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 34 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 11 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor and chain | 3 |
| gaff | 1 |
| dive flag | 1 |
| Speargun | 1 |
Additional Information
Ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
Speargun
Anchors
fishing poles/line/guns
beer bottles/cans
