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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... Actual disposal practices are difficult to ascertain; the discards are virtually indistinguishable from those of land-side sources, and boats may use innumerable docks and launch ramps that are exempt from requirements for port reception facilities. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that less garbage is thrown overboard today than was in the past.
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... In addition to vessels used by professionals who catch fish for sale as food, there are significant numbers of smaller craft known as charter or head boats, which carry recreational fishermen offshore. Most operate as day boats, rarely venturing beyond 12 miles from shore.
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