Presentation Abstract
Voluntary Environmental Clubs can be found across business sectors and provide opportunities for members to promote and market their businesses while encouraging customers to protect the environment. The Clean Marina Washington Program and its Canadian counterpart Clean Marine BC, provide marinas with a set of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and a rigorous certification process aimed at preventing boater-generated pollution. In Washington nearly one-third of all marinas are certified and even more have implemented BMPs that ensure compliance with existing State and Federal laws and promote proactive policies to address high-risk behaviors. Through improved trans-boundary coordination and outreach, these programs have the potential to provide consistent messaging to the boating public and to implement stricter environmental policies than are currently required by law.
Session Title
Session S-01C: Salish Sea Marine Vessels: Programs and Impacts
Conference Track
Water Quality-Related
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
30-4-2014 10:30 AM
End Date
30-4-2014 12:00 PM
Location
Room 606
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Marinas--Environmental aspects--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Boats and boating--Environmental aspects--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Nonpoint source pollution--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
Clean Marina Washington; Clean Marine BC
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
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Preventing Vessel-Generated Pollution through Voluntary Environmental Certification: Best Management Practices for Boating in the Salish Sea
Room 606
Voluntary Environmental Clubs can be found across business sectors and provide opportunities for members to promote and market their businesses while encouraging customers to protect the environment. The Clean Marina Washington Program and its Canadian counterpart Clean Marine BC, provide marinas with a set of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and a rigorous certification process aimed at preventing boater-generated pollution. In Washington nearly one-third of all marinas are certified and even more have implemented BMPs that ensure compliance with existing State and Federal laws and promote proactive policies to address high-risk behaviors. Through improved trans-boundary coordination and outreach, these programs have the potential to provide consistent messaging to the boating public and to implement stricter environmental policies than are currently required by law.
