OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE
1709 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The mission of the Institute is preservation of the maritime arts and sciences, ocean environment and island cultures. Over the last couple of years, a primary program has involved solutions for marine debris issues.

DURING 2019, OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE CONTINUED FOCUSING OUR WORK IN THE AREAS OF PRESERVATION OF THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT , THE MARITIME ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND ISLAND CULTURES. EDUCATION OF YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY OCEAN REMAINS PARAMOUNT TO US. OUR OCEAN CLEAN UP INITIATIVE HAS BEEN WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE AREA OF ACCOMPLISHING OCEAN CLEAN UP. IN 2019 WE CONDUCTED A 25 DAY EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH PACIFIC SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE, (NORTH PACIFIC GYRE) WHERE WE REMOVED OVER 84,000 POUNDS OF PLASTIC GHOSTNETS AND CONSUMER PLASTIC DEBRIS FROM THE OCEAN. ALL OF THE PLASTIC WE COLLECTED WAS UPCYCLED/RECYCLED/REPURPOSED . WE ARE COMMITTED TO INSURING NONE OF THE PLASTIC ENDS UP BACK IN THE OCEAN OR IN A LANDFILL. IN ADDITION TO OUR DIRECT ACTION CLEANUP WORK, WE FOCUS ATTENTION AND CREATE SOLUTIONS REGARDING THE URGENT ISSUE OF PLASTIC DEBRIS/GARBAGE IN THE GLOBAL OCEAN. THE INSTITUTE EDUCATES THOUGH LECTURES, FILM, ATTENDING & PARTICIPATING IN VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCEAN CONFERENCES/EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS OTHER NON-PROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. WE WORK WITH A NETWORK OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. WE OFFER INFORMATION AND COLLABORATION WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS. IN SUMMER 2020 WE PLANNED AND EXECUTED A CLEANUP IN THE PACIFIC GYRE REMOVING 340,000 POUNDS OF PLASTIC FROM THE OCEAN. OUR GPS SATELLITE TRACKERS WHICH WE DISTRIBUTE TO YACHTS SAILING THROUGH THE NORTH PACIFIC SUB TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/GARBAGE GYRE FOR THEM TO USE TAGGING GHOST NETS. THIS ALLOWS US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DEBRIS DISTRIBUTION AND ALLOWS US TO BE EFFICIENT IN OUR CLEANUP OF THESE TRACKED MATERIALS. OUR EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED BOTH ON STOPPING THE FLOW OF PLASTICS INTO THE OCEAN AND IN THE AREA OF CONDUCTING AND ADVOCATING FOR CLEAN UPS, IN PARKS, RIVERS, BEACHES, AND AT SEA. WE FEEL WE NEED TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF DISPOSABLE PLASTICS THAT ARE UTILIZED IN OUR WORLD AND ULTIMATELY END UP IN OUR OCEAN. WE NEED TO LIMIT WAYS OF USING PLASTIC THAT ARE FOR THINGS WE KEEP AND DO NOT DISPOSE OF SUCH AS RAILROAD TIES, CONSTRUCTION, INSULATION BOARDS, ETC. AND STOP THE PROLIFERATION OF THROW AWAY PLASTIC KNIVES, FORKS, PLATES, CUPS, BAGS, ETC.AND THE DESTRUCTIVE NETS THAT LAST FOR DECADES.OUR OCEAN IS BECOMING CLOGGED WITH OUR GARBAGE, MOST SPECIFICALLY PLASTIC GARBAGE/DEBRIS. AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON OCEANS IN JUNE OF 2017, THE PLASTIC DEBRIS IN OUR OCEAN WAS CONSIDERED THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE FACING US TODAY. THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEANS ARE DETERIORATING AND OCEAN CREATURES RANGING FROM FISH TO SEA TURTLES TO PORPOISES TO WHALES ARE BEING KILLED BY OUR PLASTIC GARBAGE. WE ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE AREA OF GHOST NETS AND ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION TO OUR THINK TANK REGARDING THE MOST EFFICIENT METHODS OF OCEAN CLEAN UP, WE ARE ALSO DISTRIBUTING SATELLITE TRACKERS WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON GHOST NETS (DERELICT FISHING GEAR) AND WHICH ALLOWS US TO TRACK THESE AND WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF DEBRIS IN OUR OCEAN AS WELL AS ALLOW US TO DO EFFICIENT CLEAN UP ON A LARGER SCALE WITH TUGS, BARGES, SUPPLY SHIPS, ETC. TO REMOVE THE TOXIC PLASTICS FROM OUR OCEAN. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR FILM FOOTAGE AND PROJECTS ON OUR DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS AND FILM CLIPS USED FOR LECTURES AND GENERAL EDUCATION. WE GIVE PRESENTATIONS RANGING FROM GROUPS SUCH AS THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN GEOGRAPHERS TO SCHOOL GROUPS AT ALL LEVELS TO YACHT CLUBS AND A RANGE OF OCEAN EVENTS. WE WORK WITH AND COLLABORATE WITH EXPERTS AROUND THE WORLD TO ADVOCATE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE CLEAN UP METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR AT SEA CLEAN UP. WE ALSO CONTINUE LOCAL WORK ON PRESERVING THE MARITIME HISTORY OF SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA WHERE WE ARE BASED AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD SUCH AS THE ADRIATIC SEA.

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