Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS54 - Mosquito Pier
17 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Tania Puell
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 11 lbs (estimated)
18.148768, -65.514533
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS54 - Mosquito Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Isla Nena Scuba
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Date
- 17 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 63 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.148768
Longitude: -65.514533
- Weather Conditions
-
calm, scattered showers
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–42 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 38640 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Pier, manmade
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 67 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 6 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 39 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
Additional Information
half a fishing pole
Monofilament -- entangled everywhere
hooks & sinkers -- abundant
