Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Horace Caldwell Pier
23 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Sherie Gee
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 lbs (estimated)
27.825833, -97.050556
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Horace Caldwell Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Alamo IDC
- City
- Port Aransas
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 23 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.825833
Longitude: -97.050556
- Weather Conditions
-
Raining and windy
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–10 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 6000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- surf along the coastline
- Wave Conditions
- Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 5 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 33 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 1 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
6 dead sharks (not entangled)
fishing line
hooks and sinkers
dead sharks
Comments and Feedback
We encountered six dead and butchered black tip sharks and one infant hammerhead shark under the pier where we were collecting the debris. Fishermen must have caught them and cut their heads off and let them bleed out. We could not tell if this was evidence of finning. They left the infant hammerhead in one piece but dead. We plan to contact an official in the city of Port Aransas and try to convince them to make it catch and release only on that pier and all fishing areas in that town.
