Opfer, Sarah

Great Lakes Land-Based Marine Debris Workshop (2013 : Cleveland, Ohio), sponsor.

"The two day workshop was held May 22-23, 2013 in Cleveland, OH at the City of Cleveland's Sustainability Office and hosted by the NOAA Marine Debris Program, the Alliance for the Great Lakes, and Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) (see Appendix I agenda, and Appendix II participants). The workshop was facilitated by Heather Elmer from Old Woman Creek NERR. The beginning of the first day included a review of national marine debris issues and in the Great Lakes, with particular focus on land-based marine debris, background information on the Honolulu Strategy, an overview example of a marine debris action plan from the state of Hawaii (NOAA 2010), and a review of past meetings and our current step in the strategic and action plan development process"--Workshop structure, [page 7].

National Ocean Service (NOS)

Great Lakes (North America)