Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS09 - Rompeolas/Mosquito Pier
5 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Gabriel Espino
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 lbs (estimated)
18.148181516043, -65.513889
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS09 - Rompeolas/Mosquito Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Black Beard Sports
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Date
- 5 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 42 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.148181516043
Longitude: -65.513889
- Weather Conditions
-
calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 22–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 9420.47 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Artificial Reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 5 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glass Bottle |
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Juvenile Octopus |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Glass Bottle |
Additional Information
Recreational Fishing, people not taking their trash once they are done in the area. Summer crowd for parties coming in.
Fishing line
Comments and Feedback
Knowing that this is a popular area there is lack of waste management. Trash in the rompeolas is lodged in the rocks(out of the water) and as the tide come in and goes out it takes out that trash. Most of the trash we find underwater along the wavebreaker is due to this.
