A Method for siting and prioritizing the removal of derelict vessels in Florida Coastal Waters: test applications in the Florida Keys
Increased boating activities and new waterfront developments have contributed anestimated 3,000 dismantled, abandoned, junked, wrecked, derelict vessels to Floridacoastal waters. This report outlines a method of siting and prioritizing derelict vesselremoval using the Florida Keys as a test area. The data base was information on 240vessels, obtained from Florida Marine Patrol files. Vessel location was plotted on 1:250,000regional and 1:5,000 and 1:12,000 site maps. Type of vessel, length, hull material, engine,fuel tanks, overall condition, afloat and submerged characteristics, and accessibility, wereused to derive parametric site indices of removal priority and removal difficulty.Results indicate 59 top priority cases which should be the focus of immediate cleanup efforts in the Florida Keys. Half of these cases are rated low to moderate in removaldifficulty; the remainder are difficult to remove. Removal difficulty is a surrogate forremoval cost: low difficulty -low cost, high difficulty - high cost. The rating scheme offerscoastal planners options of focusing removal operations either on (1) specific areas withclusters of high priority derelict vessels or on (2) selected targeted derelicts at various,specific locations. (PDF has 59 pages.)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Florida Sea Grant College Program
1989
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| Subjects: | Management, Oceanography, derelict vessels, Florida Keys, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/19693 |
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