Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rompeolas / Mosquito Pier
14 February, 2015
- Team Leader
- Cristina von Essen
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 lbs (estimated)
18.142692, -65.513285
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rompeolas / Mosquito Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Black Beard Sports
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 14 February, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 80 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.142692
Longitude: -65.513285
- Weather Conditions
-
Stormy, high surd advisory, wind from the SW.
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 186282 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- seagrass
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- 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 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 1 |
| Balloons | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 26 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 24 |
| Cigar Tips | 12 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 11 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 4 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 17 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 12 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 1 |
| Cigarette Filters | 2 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 59 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 124 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 11 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 8 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 2 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 2 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Species or Common Name | Sea Whip |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | injured |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Line |
Additional Information
Fishing, specially by adults since most of the cans found where alcoholic beverages,
Glass jar with message in
fishing line
cand
food (bait) containers
