Nets to Energy Hawaiian Style

Building On ICC

Partnerships

Chris WoolawayNOWPAP Conference

2013

A Little Background

The images that started it all…

Building on old partnerships andadding new ones

NWHI Multi-Agency & NWHI Multi-Agency & Partner CleanupPartner 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

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• 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.

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Ongoing NWHI Multi-Agency & Partner Cleanup

Project Debris Results

1996/1997 – NMFS Pilot Effort: 1996/1997 – NMFS Pilot Effort: 9,631 lbs 9,631 lbs1998- Multi-Agency Effort:1998- Multi-Agency Effort: 16,538 lbs16,538 lbs1999- Multi-Agency Effort: 1999- Multi-Agency Effort: 55,910 lbs55,910 lbs2000- Multi-Agency Effort: 2000- Multi-Agency Effort: 49,452 lbs49,452 lbs2001- Multi-Agency Effort: 135,711 lbs2001- Multi-Agency Effort: 135,711 lbs2002- Multi-Agency Effort: 214,485 lbs2002- Multi-Agency Effort: 214,485 lbs

2003- Multi-Agency Effort: 246,997 lbs 2003- Multi-Agency Effort: 246,997 lbs2004-Multi-Agency Effort: 254,949 lbs2004-Multi-Agency Effort: 254,949 lbs2005-Multi-Agency Effort: 113,842 lbs2005-Multi-Agency Effort: 113,842 lbs2006-Multi-Agency Effort: 41,871 lbs2006-Multi-Agency Effort: 41,871 lbs2007-Multi-Agency Effort: 130,558 lbs2007-Multi-Agency Effort: 130,558 lbs

2008-Multi-Agency Effort: 63,140 lbs 2008-Multi-Agency Effort: 63,140 lbs 2009-Multi-Agency Effort: 183,833 lbs2009-Multi-Agency Effort: 183,833 lbs

2011-Multi-Agency Effort: 33,110 lbs 2011-Multi-Agency Effort: 33,110 lbs 2012-Multi-Agency Effort: 114,470 lbs2012-Multi-Agency Effort: 114,470 lbs2013-Multi-Agency Effort: 30,418 lbs2013-Multi-Agency Effort: 30,418 lbs

Total debris removed: 1,694,915 lbsTotal debris removed: 1,694,915 lbs

Ongoing Main Hawaiian Islands Cleanup Project

Debris Results

In 2005, NOAA and WesternPacific Regional Fishery

Management met withSchnitzer requesting ourpartnership with a roll-off

bin to service fishermen inHonolulu Harbor. Thus, the

Pier 38 Port Receptionprogram was born in 2006.

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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

Ongoing Main Hawaiian Islands Cleanup Project

Debris Results

Culminating with the 2013 ICCCommunity groups on Kauai have

shipped 17,160 pounds of

recovered net and lines to Honoluluto be burned at Covanta H-Power

The Nets to Energy Program Grows

to

US Mainland Ports• 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

Mahalo&

Aloha