NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the panel responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The program described in this report is supported by cooperative agreement No. 14-35-0001-30475 between the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Academy of Sciences and by interagency cooperative agreement No. DTMA91-94-G-00003 between the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation and the National Academy of Sciences.

Clean ships, clean ports, clean oceans / controlling garbage and plastic wastes at sea / Committee on Shipborne Wastes, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Marine debris—Management. 2. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1973) I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Shipborne Wastes.

TD427.M35C58 1995

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Cover photo courtesy of the Coastal Resources Center.