Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ballast Point Pier at Jules Verne Park - Tampa, Florida
20 October, 2012
- Team Leader
- Dan Fisher
- Number of Participants
- 47
- Total Debris Collected
- lbs (measured)
27.888929, -82.481318
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ballast Point Pier at Jules Verne Park - Tampa, Florida
- Organization/Dive Centre
- City
- Tampa
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 20 October, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 120 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.888929
Longitude: -82.481318
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, partly cloudy, winds NNE at 3mph.
- Survey Depth Range
- – feet
- Area Surveyed
- ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sub-tidal Soft Bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 77 |
| Balloons | 15 |
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 37 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 56 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Cigar Tips | 40 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cotton Bud Sticks | 35 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 16 |
| Fishing: Line | 78 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 13 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 15 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 42 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 7 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 2 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 29 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 8 |
| Plastic Fragments | 171 |
| Cigarette Filters | 313 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Syringes (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 125 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 44 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 25 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 7 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 3 |
| Strapping Bands (metal) | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 21 |
| Pallets | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 7 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 6 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 3 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 4 |
| Towels/rags | 4 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 6 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 18 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 9 |
| Toys | 3 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing Reel | 1 |
| Fishnet weights | 36 |
| Fish Hooks | 38 |
| Fishing Pole | 3 |
| Fishing Knofe | 1 |
| Crab Trap | 1 |
| Paint Brush | 1 |
| Ballcap | 1 |
| Sunglasses | 2 |
| Smoking Pipe | 1 |
| Dice | 1 |
| Backpack | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Comments | Grouper, various baitfish |
| Crustaceans | |
| Comments | Stone crabs |
Additional Information
A metal toy biplane
