Clean Boating Resource Basics
Green Tips for Free at Alaska Seas & Coasts, Volume Number 4 - 2007
Learn the basics of clean, safe and eco-friendly best boat practices in free PDF and book, from the Alaska Marine Advisory Program.
The Alaska Marine Advisory Program (MAP) has published its fourth edition of the Alaska Seas & Coasts series with an issue written by Suite 101 Feature Writer Alan Sorum entitled Clean Boating - Alaska Seas & Coasts seeks to provide useful information to help people make informed decisions regarding use of marine resources. Issues are published twice a year and focus on a single marine resource related topic. MAP is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, with funding from both the State of Alaska and NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program.
The Marine Advisory Program works to involve coastal residents in opportunities to diversify waterfront economies. Subjects of interest include marine recreation, shellfish mariculture, and direct marketing of seafood by commercial fishermen.
Clean Boating provides boat owners with practical information on how to protect their vessel, better control mooring costs, and protect the marine environment. The publication stresses the importance of communicating with marina managers and the benefits of maintaining a good working relationship with them. Response procedures and best management practices are discussed for handling boat related wastes, vessel maintenance, and boat winterizing.
Clean Boating Editorial Topics:
- Boaters and Harbors - Understanding services provided by your marina for boaters
- Pollution Reporting and Oil Spill Response - What to do after an inadvertent oil or fuel spill
- Solid Waste Disposal - Environmentally friendly practices for handling fish waste, used fishing line or nets, and trash
- Chemical Disposal - Safe disposal of contaminated fuel, used oil, anti-freeze, and lead-acid batteries
- Pyrotechnic Disposal - Handling expired visual distress signals
- Sewage Disposal - Proper methods for treatment and disposal of onboard sewage
- Fueling - How to prevent fires, keep fuel out of the water and avoid oil spills
- Winterizing and Storage Preparation - How to prepare your vessel for winter layup
- Boat Fire Safety - Fire safety principles that will help protect your boat
Single copies of Alaska Seas & Coasts - Clean Boating are available free at Alaska Sea Grant or MAP offices. Printed copies are available by mail for $3.00 to coverage postage. Orders can be taken using a secure web form or faxed to (888) 789-0090. You can have future issues e-mailed to you by subscribing to the series. Send your e-mail address to Alaska Sea Grant publications or call (907) 474-6707. Clean Boating can be viewed on screen or downloaded as a 1.5 megabyte PDF file. The Alaska Sea Grant publication number is M-72.
