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Overview

Rio Nuevo

Tower Isle, St. Mary
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

Always open

Websites

Features

3
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: David Murray
  • Organization: Oracabessa Marine Trust
  • Survey date & time: 30th November, 2018, 3:00pm
  • Beach: Rio Nuevo
  • Other names:
  • Location: Tower Isle, St. Mary
  • Latitude: 18.4097899
  • Longitude: -77.0150337
  • Beach length: 300.00 m

Beach Basics

  • Fishing beach: Yes
  • Fish vending: Yes
  • Commercial activity level: Moderate levels of commercial activity (6 - 10 vendors/stalls/business places)
  • Swimming/bathing beach: No
  • Protected area:
  • Opening hours
    Always open
  • Busiest day of the week: Sunday
  • Attendance on typical days: 21-50
  • Attendance on busiest days: 21-50

Beach Management

  • Beach type: Public beach (government owned, with access to the general public, with or without an entrance fee)
  • Property owner:
  • Owner contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Property manager: Rio Nuevo /Stewart Town Fishers Association
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Management arrangement: Unknown
  • Community organization: Rio Nuevo /Stewart Town Fishers Association
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
    • Twitter:
    • Instagram:
  • Permits:

Features

Fees & Facilities

  • Entrance fees:
  • Changing room: Yes
  • Running water: Yes
  • Toilet: Yes
  • Parking: Yes (11 - 50 cars)
  • Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
  • Cooking: Yes
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

Activities & Behaviour

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

  • Family environment: Yes
    Families often use this beach. The beach is clean .Picnics can be had on the beach. However , note that no lifeguards are present.
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often: 6 - 11 times per year
    • Party days:
      • Weekends only
  • Harassment level: 0
  • Illegal activities: None

Environment

Structures & Dwellings

  • Settlements: 4
  • Offshore structures:
    • Groyne
    • Stone revetment

Animals

  • Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
  • Sea turtle nests: Yes
  • Sea turtle poaching: Not sure
  • Wild animals:

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 10% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Trees
  • Names of vegetation:
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses
  • Sargassum issues: 2

Sand

  • Sand color: Black
  • Sand texture: Coarse
  • Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
  • Erosion:
    • Other

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    Soak-away pit
  • Sea pollution:
  • Water monitoring: no
  • Drainage:
    • River
  • Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 3 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 is burnt in the open
  • Garbage collection:
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