Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Looe Key SPA and Slope
17 July, 2022
- Team Leader
- Kama Cannon
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 360 lbs (estimated)
24.533333333333, -81.3812
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Looe Key SPA and Slope
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DiveN2Life/Looe Key Dive Center
- City
- Summerland Key
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 17 July, 2022
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 24.533333333333
Longitude: -81.3812
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny and clear; very warm
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2500 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- macroalgae
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Balls | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 8 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 8 |
| SCUBA Weights | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 90 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 8 |
| Fishing: Traps & Pots | 6 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Lobsters |
| Number Entangled | 50 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | derelict traps |
| Comments | We also released 1 shrimp and 1 crab, alive. |
Additional Information
This is almost all fishing and trapping debris.
scuba kit and tank!
fishing lines
derelict lobster traps
debris from fishing and trapping
