Marine Debris Campaigns

Hi all,

There is also the Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation in Alaska. They are leaders in the removal of marine debris in that area, especially fishing gear. In fact, this program's success is due to the involvement of commercial fishers in every aspect of the program - it's very much an example of environmental stewardship in the commercial fishing industry. http://www.mcafoundation.org/

cheers,
-- Alana

Alana Phillips, M.Sc.
Research Assistant,
Cetacean Research Lab
B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network
Vancouver Aquarium
ph: 604.659.3429
fax: 604.659.3599
www.wildwhales.org
www.vanaqua.org

Thanks for passing along our program links Mary. Our cleanup is a national event in Canada, however we also contribute on an international scale to the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup. There is more great information on their website here: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_icc

-Susan

Susan Debreceni
Volunteer Support Coordinator
TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Vancouver Aquarium Toll
Free: 1-877-427-2422 option 1
Direct: 416-925-4881
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup

A local Monofilament Recovery and Recycling program
http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/aumerc/extension/MonofilamentRecoveryandRecycling.php

If someone hasn't already mentioned this one:
http://www.keepoceansclean.org/intro/
National campaign regarding marine debris for US National Marine Sanctuaries.

You might also consider the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up that involves tens of thousands of volunteers on marine and fresh water shorelines sponsored by TD Bank and organized locally in hundreds of communities:

http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/home.php

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26615119@N07/

http://canadianshorelinecleanup.wordpress.com/

Mary

The Ocean Conservancy is the organization that comes to mind with marine debris issues. See their website on that issue here: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_debris

here in the top end of Australia we are involved in the removal of ghost nets see link for more info. http://www.ghostnets.com.au/

Here in Florida, there are many efforts. Here are some websites:

Clean Marina Program: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/cleanmarina/ http://www.pinellascounty.org/Environment/pagesHTML/pollutionPrevent/pp1000.html

Our local Estuary Program's publication website: http://www.tbep.org/publications/free-pub.html#BOAT

A local non-profit organization celebrating 10 years of protecting and restoring Tampa Bay:

http://www.tampabaywatch.org/

Best of luck!
-Chris*

there is a great program operating in northern Australia, where there is a huge ghost net problem: http://www.ghostnets.com.au/index2.html

Miranda Carver

Tangaroa Blue at http://oceancare.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 has developed a number of highly public programs for beach clean-ups which I'm sure impact upon the behaviour of beach and boat users.

Bernie