Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Tarpon Bowl
8 December, 2019
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 9
- Total Debris Collected
- 32 lbs (measured)
24.89165, -80.54495
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Tarpon Bowl
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 8 December, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 40 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.89165
Longitude: -80.54495
- Weather Conditions
-
calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 45–73 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 50 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 9 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Anchor chain | 1 |
Additional Information
Ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
Gatorade bottle top cut off
anchor rope/chain
monofilament
fish hooks
