Dive Against Debris Data Submission
ADS54 - Mosquito Pier
21 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Tania Puell
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 16.1 lbs (measured)
18.148768, -65.514533
Survey Information
- Location Name
- ADS54 - Mosquito Pier
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Isla Nena Scuba
- City
- Vieques
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 21 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 59 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 18.148768
Longitude: -65.514533
- Weather Conditions
-
sunny, calm
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–40 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 1628.34 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- manmade pier
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Fishing: Line | 64 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 117 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
Additional Information
rebar piece
monofilament--possible entanglement
hooks--injurious
lead sinkers--inside sponges, which animals eat
