Salt Marsh Fishing Beach
Overview
Salt Marsh Fishing Beach
Salt Marsh, Trelawny
0.0
Admission
FreeOpening Hours
Always open
Websites
Features
2
Cleanliness rating0
Harassment rating- Parking available
- Pets allowed
- Toilet available
- Changingroom available
- Lifeguard station
- Food & drinks allowed
- Running water available
- Cooking allowed
General
Basic Info
- Name: Sandra Thorpe-James
- Organization: Duncan Bay Ctizen Association
- Survey date & time: 7th March, 2019, 4:25pm
- Beach: Salt Marsh Fishing Beach
- Other names:
- Location: Salt Marsh, Trelawny
- Latitude: 18.497618571960807
- Longitude: -77.7025867697754
- Beach length: 80.00 m
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: Low levels of commercial activity (1 - 5 vendors/stalls/business places)
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 11-20
- Attendance on busiest days: 21 - 50
Beach Management
- Beach type: Fishing Beach, i.e. designated by government as one where fishers can bring in the catch and boats
- Property owner: Beach Control Authority
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone: (876) 754-7545
- Mobile:
- Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Property manager:
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Unknown
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: Yes (less than 10 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Boat repair/storage
- Restaurants
- Vending (food)
- Family environment: No
Facilities that could be used by a family are lacking at this beach. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often:
- Party days:
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Seawall
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: No
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals:
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 30% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Beach vines
- Trees
- Mangroves
- Names of vegetation: Sea Grape Trees
Almond Trees
Mangroves
Sea Lettuce - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses 7
- Sargassum issues: 8
Sand
- Sand color: Light Brown
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are sand dunes less than 3 feet with about 50% covered with vegetation.
- Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: No sewage/wastewater management necessary
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: No
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: [""]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There is one bin available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 2 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are cleaned on the beach/ in the water and fish waste is left in the environment
- Responsible for garbage: Community member(s)
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage collection: Once per week