Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Pencil West
8 September, 2021
- Team Leader
- Alyssa Panzer
- Number of Participants
- 21
- Total Debris Collected
- 11 lbs (measured)
24.850983, -80.60775
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Pencil West
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Key Dives/FKNMS
- City
- Islamorada
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 8 September, 2021
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.850983
Longitude: -80.60775
- Weather Conditions
-
calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 60–75 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 400 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 35 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 17 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
Additional Information
ongoing commercial and recreational fishing
fishing line
plastic debris
