Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Ballast Point Fishing Park Pier
14 January, 2017
- Team Leader
- Anna Blevins
- Number of Participants
- 16
- Total Debris Collected
- 61 lbs (measured)
27.889356213504623, -82.48037559538261
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Ballast Point Fishing Park Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Adventure Outfitters Dive Center
- City
- Tampa
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 14 January, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 27.889356213504623
Longitude: -82.48037559538261
- Weather Conditions
-
cool and dry
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–22 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2806 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- sandy, silty bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Moderate to rough for waves greater than 1.25 meters
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 6 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 15 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 4 |
| Cigar Tips | 12 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 18 |
| Fishing: Line | 51 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 25 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 87 |
| Cigarette Filters | 8 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 5 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 8 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 21 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 6 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 3 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 6 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 5 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 4 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| wooden outdoor chair | 1 |
| BBQ Lid | 1 |
| Hardware Clippers | 1 |
| Fishing Pole | 2 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | blue crab |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | fishing line |
Additional Information
BBQ lid wooden chair
fishermen
boaters
