Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mosquito Pier
23 April, 2016
- Team Leader
- Tania Puell
- Number of Participants
- 11
- Total Debris Collected
- 21 lbs (measured)
18.148768, -65.514533
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mosquito Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Isla Nena Scuba
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Date
- 23 April, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 70 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.148768
Longitude: -65.514533
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, dry, shifting winds
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–42 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 65174.4 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- artificial habitat: manmade breakwater and pier
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 300 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 176 |
Additional Information
The pier was opened to fishing in November 2015.
fishing hooks of a size fit to catch large sharks
Monofilament -- entangled everywhere
Sinkers -- enormous amounts of lead left in water
Hooks -- endangering animals and people
Comments and Feedback
It makes no sense recording data for fishing line as a number. It should be a weight.
