Donohue, M. J.

How multiagency partnerships can successfully address large-scale pollution problems: a Hawaii case study

2003

Marine Pollution Bulletin

46

700-702

"Oceanic circulation patterns deposit significant amounts of marine pollution, including derelict fishing gear from North Pacific Ocean fisheries, in the Hawaiian Archipelago [Mar. Pollut. Bull. 42(12) (2001) 1301]. Management responsibility for these islands and their associated natural resources is shared by several government authorities. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private industry also have interests in the archipelago. Since the marine debris problem in this region is too large for any single agency to manage, a multiagency marine debris working group (group) was established in 1998 to improve marine debris mitigation in Hawaii. To date, 16 federal, state, and local agencies, working with industry and NGOs, have removed 195 tons of derelict fishing gear from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This review details the evolution of the partnership, notes its challenges and rewards, and advocates its continued use as an effective resource management tool."

Resource management/Coastal zone management/Beaches/Pollution control/Removal/Solid impurities/Fishing gear/Regional planning/Governments/Marine pollution/Trans-boundary pollution/Ocean circulation/Water pollution control/International cooperation/Fisheries Pollution (Sea water)/Debris Fishing and fisheries/Marine pollution control/International agencies/ Maintenance/USA, Hawaii

10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00256-4

ASFA. FY2002 CRCP Project ID 2011; Project Title: Marine Debris Removal from NWHI; Principal Investigator: Mary Donohue and FY2002 CRCP Project ID 1014; Project Title: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Debris Removal, Research, and Outreach; Principal Investigator: Rusty Brainard