Dive Against Debris Data Submission
0057
1 August, 2021
- Team Leader
- Cortney Benson
- Number of Participants
- 20
- Total Debris Collected
- 20 lbs (measured)
24.872617, -80.573467
Survey Information
- Location Name
- 0057
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 1 August, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.872617
Longitude: -80.573467
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 40–50 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 20000 ft2
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| cigarettes | 1 |
Additional Information
Ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
trap line
monofilament
fishing hooks/sinkers
