Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Beach 8th Street
16 September, 2018
- Team Leader
- Nicole Zelek
- Number of Participants
- 1
- Total Debris Collected
- 42 lbs (estimated)
40.594573233744, -73.742521762296
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Beach 8th Street
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Superdive Scuba
- City
- Queens
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 16 September, 2018
- Survey Duration
- -6 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.594573233744
Longitude: -73.742521762296
- Weather Conditions
-
rain the day before
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–31 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1316 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 3 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 3 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 60 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 20 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 7 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 5 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 7 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 14 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| shovel | 1 |
| crown (costume) | 1 |
| spark plugs | 4 |
Additional Information
Shovel or a beautiful decorative costume crown
fishing line!!!!
fishing lure
beverage bottles
Comments and Feedback
The fishermen and divers are great friends when it comes to Beach 8th street- but their fishing habits are definitely taking a toll on marine life in the area. How do we find solutions without alienating the groups that love and frequent this area?
The photo attached is the combined debris from the shore cleanup and underwater.
