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Lucea Harbour Fishing Beach

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Overview

Lucea Harbour Fishing Beach

Lucea, Hanover
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

Always open

Websites

Features

1
Cleanliness rating
0
Harassment rating
  • Parking available
  • Pets allowed
  • Toilet available
  • Changingroom available
  • Lifeguard station
  • Food & drinks allowed
  • Running water available
  • Cooking allowed

General

Basic Info

  • Name: Kerel Samuels
  • Organization: Maryland All Age School
  • Survey date & time: 5th January, 2019, 5:30am
  • Beach: Lucea Harbour Fishing Beach
  • Other names:
  • Location: Lucea, Hanover
  • Latitude: 18.437628215627598
  • Longitude: -78.16411353701784
  • Beach length: 50.00 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: No
  • Protected area: Fort Charlotte
  • Opening hours
    Always open
  • Busiest day of the week: Friday
  • Attendance on typical days: 21 - 50
  • Attendance on busiest days: 51 - 100

Beach Management

  • Beach type: Fishing Beach, i.e. designated by government as one where fishers can bring in the catch and boats
  • Property owner: Fisheries Division
  • Owner contact
    • Name: Fisheries Division
    • Phone: (876) 948-9014
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Property manager: Fisheries Division
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone: (876) 948-9014
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Management arrangement:
  • Community organization:
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
    • Twitter:
    • Instagram:
  • 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: Not sure
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

Activities & Behaviour

  • Activities:
    • Fishing
    • Boat repair/storage
    • Bars
    • Vending (food)

  • Family environment: Yes
    No illegal activities were observed
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often:
    • Party days:
  • Harassment level: 0
  • Illegal activities: None

Environment

Structures & Dwellings

  • Settlements: 5
  • Offshore structures:
    • Seawall

Animals

  • Domestic animals:
    Dogs
  • Sea turtle nests: No
  • Sea turtle poaching: No
  • Wild animals: Sea Birds Crustaceans

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 30% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Beach vines
    • Trees
    • Mangroves
  • Names of vegetation:
    White Mangroves
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses
  • Sargassum issues: 6

Sand

  • Sand color: White
  • Sand texture: Fine
  • Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
  • Erosion:
    • Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    Not sure
  • Sea pollution:
    • Garbage
    • Foul odor/smell
    • Algal bloom(s)
  • Water monitoring: Not sure
  • Drainage:
    • Drain
    • Gully
    • River
  • Drainage state: ["Garbage","Foul odor\/smell","Algal bloom(s)"]

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 1 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: Not sure
  • Garbage management:
    • No garbage management
  • Garbage collection:
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