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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Picnic Island Park

28 August, 2019

Team Leader
Anna Blevins
Number of Participants
24
Total Debris Collected
56 lbs (measured)

27.857877487535, -82.551799823945

Survey Information

Location Name
Picnic Island Park
Organization/Dive Centre
Adventure Outfitters Dive Center
City
Tampa
Country
United States
Date
28 August, 2019
Survey Duration
35 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 27.857877487535
Longitude: -82.551799823945
Weather Conditions
Warm and still
Survey Depth Range
1–10 feet
Area Surveyed
46635.2 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
sandy bottom
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 9
Fishing: Line 15
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 2
Furnishings (plastic) 4
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Straws, Stirrers 7
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 1
Plastic Fragments 13
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 7
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 9
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 3
Caps & Lids (metal) 16
Cars & Car Parts 1
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 7
Metal Fragments 15
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 7
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 7
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 1
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 9
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 1
Clothing 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
other materials collected
fishing tackle box 1
scissors 1
Pliers 1
Entangled Animals
Crustaceans
Species or Common Name blue crab
Number Entangled 2
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris fishing line entanglement
Comments both females with eggs - released unharmed.

There was a large picnic the day prior and contributed to some waste.

marble

fishing items

food wrappers

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