Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Frederiksted Pier
1 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Melinda Gapen
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 lbs (estimated)
17.714324322393686, -64.88557925817076
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Frederiksted Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Latitude 17 Scuba
- City
- St. Croix
- Country
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Date
- 1 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 82 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 17.714324322393686
Longitude: -64.88557925817076
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny, with occasional rain showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–26 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 20000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- sand and pier columns
- 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) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 5 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 10 |
| Fishing: Line | 50 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 10 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Plastic Fragments | 20 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 20 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 10 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 3 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 12 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 8 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| fiberglass | 6 |
| plastic tweezer | 1 |
| sunglasses | 1 |
| bicycle rims | 2 |
Additional Information
no one specific event, but cruise ships and local fishermen on the pier
2 bicycle rims
monofilament line
glass, someone can get cut, the octopi love the windows in their homes!
aluminum cans, unsightly and soon become a habitat so we have to leave them
