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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 15-20

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... The direct and indirect costs of marine debris including the costs of beach cleanups, lost tourism, maintenance and repairs to damaged vessels, lost fishing time, and "ghost fishing" by lost nets and traps~annot be appraised without an assessment of the quantities and types of marine debns, but the total could be in the billions of dollars. Thus, from many perspectives, improperly discarded vessel garbage and other types of marine debris are a burden on society.
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From page 16...
... 4The additional protection given to special areas is as follows: No discharges are allowed of plastics' dunnage, lining and packing materials, or other garbage, including paper, rags, glass, metal, bottles, and crockery. Only food wastes may be discharged, as far as practicable from shore but in no case less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land (except in the Wider Caribbean special area, where comminuted [i.e., ground]
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From page 18...
... See Appendix C for a more complete explanation of the rights and responsibilities of port states and flag states under UNCLOS III.
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From page 19...
... In addition to those seven, the committee considered offshore oil and gas drilling platforms, rigs, and supply vessels to be a fleet. The other choice that requires some explanation is "small public vessels," which includes the Coast Guard, naval auxiliaries, and other small government vessels.
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From page 20...
... Proposed MPPRCA amendments would require Coast Guard inspections of port reception facilities, but, even if these requirements were adopted, the absence of technical standards would allow for wide variations in "adequacy." (Henceforth, references to the Code will be abbreviated using the format 33 C.F.R.
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Key Terms

  • reception facilities
  • food wastes
  • coast guard
  • port reception
  • nearest land

  • packing materials
  • marine debris
  • vessel garbage
  • garbage handling
  • garbage management

  • cruise ships
  • nautical miles
  • fishing gear
  • marine environment
  • research vessels

  • medical waste
  • ghost fishing
  • unclos iii
  • fishing vessels
  • flag states

  • operational wastes
  • proposed mpprca
  • mpprca amendments
  • coa program
  • handling practices

  • cargo ships
  • marine plastic
  • wider caribbean
  • food waste
  • beach cleanup


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