Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Mosquito Pier / Rompeolas
21 April, 2013
- Team Leader
- Isla Nena Scuba
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 150 lbs (estimated)
18.148768, -65.514533
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Mosquito Pier / Rompeolas
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Isla Nena Scuba
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Date
- 21 April, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.148768
Longitude: -65.514533
- Weather Conditions
-
20 knot winds out of the E/SE, occasional rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 30000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- Manmade breakwater and pier, which have become overgrown with sponges, tunicates and soft coral in the 60 years of their existence and now form an important habitat for turtles, rays, octopi, large swarms of various fish and others.
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 35 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 70 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 48 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 54 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 3 |
Comments and Feedback
It makes no sense to allow only numbers for items such as "fishing line" or "net fragments". these things are not really countable. it should allow for entering lbs or kg or something...
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