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Coastal Maintenance Data Collection |
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Everyday trash is collected on various beaches in the British Virgin Islands. The Coastal Maintenance Unit or Beach Wardens are responsible for the collection of trash on our beaches as well as the outlining coastlines.
The Beach Wardens also record information pertaining to each beach visited which includes:
• The number of bags of trash collected
• The number of bags of seaweed collected
• The number of persons present on the beach at that time
• General weather conditions
• Any illegal activities witnessed
Every week all the accessible beaches are visited. These beaches include:
Tortola
• Apple Bay
• Brandywine Bay
• Brewer’s Bay
• Cane Garden Bay
• Josiah’s Bay (daily pick-up)
• Long Bay Belmont
• Roques Bay
• Sea Cow’s Bay
• Smuggler’s Cove
• West End
Beef Island
• Long Bay
• Trellis Bay
Virgin Gorda
• Gun Creek
• Handsome Bay
• Long Bay Beach
• Savanah Bay
• South Sound
• St. Thomas Bay
Jost Van Dyke
• Great Harbour
Anegada
• Loblolly Bay
The following table represents the total amount of bags containing trash as well as seaweed collected between the period of January to July of 2006 on the various beaches of the BVI.
Beaches Cleaned
| Total Bags of Garbage
| Total Bags of Seaweed
| Apple Bay
| 6
| | Brandywine Bay
| 4
| 128
| Brewer’s Bay
| | 38
| Cane Garden Bay
| 165
| | Gun Creek (Virgin Gorda)
| 44
| | Handsome Bay (Virgin Gorda)
| 83
| 211
| Josiah’s Bay
| 167
| 15
| Loblolly Bay (Anegada)
| 19.5
| 43
| Long Bay Beach (Beef Island)
| 69
| 225
| Pond Bay Beach (Virgin Gorda)
| 3
| | Savannah Bay
| 121
| 72
| Smuggler’s Cove
| 64
| | South Sound (Virgin Gorda)
| 64
| | St. Thomas Bay (Virgin Gorda)
| 96
| 3
| Trellis Bay
| 16
| 4
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Monitoring Information