GBF Galveston Bay Debris Removal Project

Summary of Marine Debris Items Removed 2004-05

Item # / Description / Location / Latitude N / Longitude W / Date Removed / Method/Equipment
DB 1 / Steel shrimp boat / Dickinson Bayou channel, E of Hwy. 146 bridge / 29o 27.841’ / 94o 57.647’ / August 2-3, 2004 / 150 ton crane barge with chisel and orange peel bucket
DB 2 / Wooden shrimp boat / Salt Bayou in marsh shoreline / 29o 28’ 36.4” / 94o 57’ 28.7” / August 3, 2004 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
DB 3 / Metal barge scrap / Salt Bayou in marsh shoreline / 29o 28.444’ -
29o 28.524’ / 94o 57.420’ -
94o 57.474’ / August 3, 2004 / Unknown; by landowner
DB 4 / Small abandoned boat / TCPP shoreline / 29o 27.944’ / 94o 56.921’ / August 3, 2004
DB 5 / Shrimp boat, mostly submerged / Outside flood gate to Moses Lake / 29o 26.872’ / 94o 55.921’ / August 3, 2004 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
DB 6 / Metal boat / Inside flood gate to Moses Lake / 29o 26’ 42.9” / 94o 55’ 19.5” / August 3, 2004 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket and slings
DB 7 / Barge, ½ submerged / Inside flood gate to Moses Lake / 29o 26’ 43” / 94o 55’ 02” / July 30-August 17, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with chisel and orange peel bucket
DB 8 / Abandoned boat / Dickinson Bayou, on south shoreline just inside railroad bridge / 29o 27’ 33.9” / 94o 58’ 26.9” / July 30, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
DB 9 / Abandoned boat / Dickinson Bayou, beneath railroad bridge / 29o 27’ 39.1” / 94o 58’ 25.7” / July 29, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
DB 10 / Submerged vessel / Dickinson Bayou, between Hwy. 146 and railroad bridges / 29o 27’ 37.3” / 94o 58’ 23.5” / July 29, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
DB 11 (S) / Metal shrimp boat / Inside flood gate to Moses Lake / 29o 26’ 43” / 94o 55’ 02” / July 30, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with chisel, orange peel bucket, and slings
DB 12 / 30’ commercial fishing vessel / Dickinson Bay at Factory Bayou, near Wreckers Restaurant / 29o 28’ 52.6” / 94o 56’ 00.6” / July 26, 2005 / Small deck barge with excavator
DB 13 / Abandoned 34’ commercial fishing vessel / Dickinson Bay, San Leon, west side of Misho’s dock / 29o 28’ 18.8” / 94o 55’ 40.7” / August 17, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
DB 14 / Abandoned 19’ pleasure craft / Dickinson Bay, San Leon, west side of Misho’s dock / 29o 28’ 20.0” / 94o 55’ 40.0” / July 30, 2005 / Temporary patches to float; 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket
WB 1-6 / Six submerged metal boats / West Bay, near end of 8 Mile Road / 29o 16’ 04.7” / 94o 53’ 52.2” / July 21, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket and slings
GB 1 / Sunken shrimp boat / Galveston Bay near the Houston Ship Channel / 29o 32’ 2.1” / 94o 52’ 49.5” / August 17, 2005 / 150 ton crane barge with orange peel bucket