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Nets to Energy Hawaiian Style

Nets to Energy Hawaiian Style. Building On ICC Partnerships. Chris Woolaway NOWPAP Conference 2013. A Little Background. The images that started it all…. Building on old partnerships and adding new ones. NWHI Multi-Agency & Partner Cleanup. NOAA/NMFS US Coast Guard

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Nets to Energy Hawaiian Style

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  1. Nets to Energy Hawaiian Style Building On ICC Partnerships Chris Woolaway NOWPAP Conference 2013

  2. A Little Background

  3. The images that started it all…

  4. Building on old partnerships and adding new ones

  5. NWHI Multi-Agency & Partner Cleanup • NOAA/NMFS • US Coast Guard • NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations • JIMAR • USFWS • U of Hawaii Sea Grant • U of Alaska Sea Grant • Victory Fishing Gear • Schnitzer Steel Hawaii (Hawaii Metals Recycling) • US Navy • Covanta Energy • Japanese Television Workshop • NOAA/NOS • City/County of Honolulu • Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources • The Ocean Conservancy • Ocean Futures Society • Groundfish Forum, Inc. • Hawaii Department of Business Economic Development & Tourism • Horizon Waste Services, Inc.

  6. Video Clip

  7. Ongoing NWHI Multi-Agency & Partner Cleanup Project Debris Results

  8. 1996/1997 – NMFS Pilot Effort: 9,631 lbs1998- Multi-Agency Effort: 16,538 lbs1999- Multi-Agency Effort: 55,910 lbs2000- Multi-Agency Effort: 49,452 lbs2001- Multi-Agency Effort: 135,711 lbs2002- Multi-Agency Effort: 214,485 lbs 2003- Multi-Agency Effort: 246,997 lbs 2004-Multi-Agency Effort: 254,949 lbs2005-Multi-Agency Effort: 113,842 lbs2006-Multi-Agency Effort: 41,871 lbs2007-Multi-Agency Effort: 130,558 lbs2008-Multi-Agency Effort: 63,140 lbs 2009-Multi-Agency Effort: 183,833 lbs2011-Multi-Agency Effort: 33,110 lbs 2012-Multi-Agency Effort: 114,470 lbs2013-Multi-Agency Effort: 30,418 lbsTotal debris removed: 1,694,915 lbs

  9. Ongoing Main Hawaiian Islands Cleanup Project Debris Results

  10. In 2005, NOAA and Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management met with Schnitzer requesting our partnership with a roll-off bin to service fishermen in Honolulu Harbor. Thus, the Pier 38 Port Reception program was born in 2006.

  11. Video Clip

  12. Thus far over 50 tons of derelict net and monofilament line have been used to create electricity.Approximately 100 tons of derelict fishing net will produce enough electricity to power an estimated 43 Oahu homes for a year. Time, labor, and equipment are being donated by all partners.-- Hawaii State Dept. of Business, Economic Development, and

  13. Ongoing Main Hawaiian Islands Cleanup Project Debris Results

  14. Culminating with the 2013 ICC Community groups on Kauai have shipped 17,160 pounds of recovered net and lines to Honolulu to be burned at Covanta H-Power

  15. The Nets to Energy Program Grows to

  16. New Bedford, MA Gloucester, MA Brookhaven, NY Hyannis, MA Scituate, MA Newport, RI Cape May, NJ Provincetown, MA Moss Landing, CA Astoria, OR Wellfleet, MA Point Judith. RI Chatham, MA Sandwich, MA Portland, ME Garibaldi, OR Boston, MA Southampton, NY New Port News, VA Everglades City, FL Miami-Dade, FL US Mainland Ports

  17. Mahalo & Aloha

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