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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 87-92

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From page 87...
... Peer reporting could be a useful supplementary tool; the Coast Guard plans to publicize the telephone number for reporting violations to the National Response Center (1-800-424-8802~. Economic interventions include several that might promote recycling on fering boaters credits on marina fees for return of recyclables, holding deposits for return of garbage to shore, and charging extra for return of unsorted garbage.
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From page 88...
... On-board Generation of Garbage Reduce Garbage Generation during Voyage Develop food and fishing equipment that permit use of bulk items. Remove equipment and replacement parts from packaging and dispose of the wrapping ashore.
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... Develop and install appropriate on-board garbage handling equipment. Return all materials for shoreside disposal.
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... Reduce Garbage Generation during Voyage Encourage marina recycling programs with incentives (e.g., offer credits on marina fees)
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From page 91...
... Require waste management plans in event permits and licenses. Extend authority to levy fines to state boating and marine authorities.
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From page 92...
... A potential official intelligence-gathering capability may be found in the complicated NMFS regulatory regime, which establishes fishing seasons and catch allocations designed to permit the maximum allowable harvest of the standing stock, now solely reserved for U.S.-based fisheries. The legal framework for fisheries management within the 200-nautical-mile-wide Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
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Key Terms

  • interventions include
  • coast guard
  • handling equipment
  • waste management
  • garbage handling

  • garbage management
  • vessel operators
  • discharged overboard
  • hold garbage
  • options include

  • install appropriate
  • fisheries management
  • garbage generated
  • recycling programs
  • garbage generation

  • compliance strategies
  • economic interventions
  • peer pressure
  • foamed plastic
  • control capabilities

  • grant agents
  • fishing vessels
  • garbage disposal
  • vessel operator
  • sea grant

  • management plan
  • food waste
  • beach cleanup
  • safety courses
  • beach cleanups


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