2. A Little Bit of the Salty Sea
•Sea water, it covers three-fourths
of the Earth’s surface and serves
the entire planet in countless ways.
•For example it provides the air we
breathe, it provides a wide variety
of seafood to eat, and jobs for
those who catch it.
•Businesses ship their wares around
the world via open shippinglanes,
and some corporations use
seawater as a source of cooling
manufacturing hardware.
•Millions of vacationers retreat to
the world’s oceans for fun and
recreation – this barely scratches
the surface of the bounty our
oceans provide.
3. Environmental Group and their Mission
Statement
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration –
Marine Debris Program
• Mission:
• Investigate
• Solve Problems
• Protect and Conserve
4. Type of Marine
Pollution Addressed
in the Mission
Marine Debris Act 2006
Marine debris mapping
Removal efforts
Outreach and
education
Improve waste
management
5. How the Pollution is Affecting the
Surrounding Ecosystem
• March 11, 2011 tsunami struck Japan
• Marine debris results of tsunami
• Affect on ecosystems
• Development of tsunami debris modeling
6. What will help this cause:
Make sure only rain goes down the storm water drain!” Most
drains flow straight to the sea … which means we could end
up swimming in anything that goes down them!
7. What Measures can be Taken to Avoid
this type of Pollution in the Future?
• Preventing marine pollution is
vital for the well being of the
sea, the marine life it supports
and us!
• Organize Beach clean-ups with
water pumps.
• Cleaner oceans mean we can
continue to enjoy our beaches
for swimming, fishing and
recreation. There is so much
more we can do to make a
difference in our water system
including our lakes and Oceans.
8. It start with our Streams
and lakes
• Marine pollution threatens the
health of our coasts and ocean
and it comes in many different
forms.
• Marine pollution can mean plastic
litter, other litter such as glass
bottles and cans, oil and chemical
spills or polluted storm water
drains and rivers flowing into the
sea.
The pollution may damage
individual sea creatures or plants, or
it may damage whole communities
of different living things.
9. Every Little Bit Counts
• Fishing For Energy is in partnership with the NOAA
Marine Debris Program, Energy Corporation,
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), and
Schnitzer Steel Industries.
• Provides disposing of old or unwanted gear; old
nets, line, ropes and is then converted into energy.
• Approximately one ton of Derelict nets equal
enough electricity to power one home for 25 days.
10. Derelict fishing gear
disposal in a Fishing for
Energy
Photo courtesy of NFWF
‘Energy’ is part of the
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
series, which introduces
young children to reducing
waste in the environment.
35 tons of recovered fishing gear to
be reused, recycled
11. The Rewarding Payoff
• Benefits range from small to large scale:
• Protects and preserves marine life.
• Keeps our Oceans clean.
• Teaches people the importance of
protecting our earth, water and those
that inhabit them.
• The Recycling of used gear helps keep
marine debris low, and provides and
alternative source of energy for our
planet to use.
12. References;;
• Govtrack (2006). S. 362 (109th): Marine Debris Research,
Prevention, and Reduction Act. Retrieved from
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s362#summary
• Nation Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (2014). Marine
Debris. Retrieved from
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/debris_model
.html.
• http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/oceans/kids/marine-
pollution.html
• http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/oc
ean- pollution/#/pollution11
