General
Basic Info
- Name: Kerel Samuels
- Organization: Maryland All Age School
- Survey date & time: 5th January, 2019, 7:00pm
- Beach: Cousins Cove Fishing Beach
- Other names:
- Location: Cousins Cove/Industry Cove, Hanover
- Latitude: 18.4237189
- Longitude: -78.2482837
- Beach length: 259.00 ft
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: No commercial activity
- 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: 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: Unknown
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
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- Property manager:
- Manager contact
- Name:
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- Management arrangement: Unknown
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: No parking
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Boat repair/storage
- Family environment: Yes
No illegal activities observed or reported. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often:
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- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Seawall
Animals
- Domestic animals: Dogs
- Sea turtle nests: No
- Sea turtle poaching:
- Wild animals: Crustaceans
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 50% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Mangroves
- Names of vegetation: White mangroves
- Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: White
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Exposed tree roots
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: No sewage/wastewater management necessary
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Not sure
- Drainage:
- River
- Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 4 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 4 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are cleaned on the beach/ in the water and the fish waste is packaged for collection
- Responsible for garbage: Community member(s)
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage collection: Once per week