Clean Ocean Advocate, November 2004

The monthly Clean Ocean Advocate newsletter informs citizens about critical ocean pollution issues, important meeting dates, proposed legislation, special events, and other notes of interest. Articles in this issue include: Contaminated Sediments; Fall 2004 Beach Sweeps; Wasting Our Waters Away; Artificial Reefs; Education; Ocean Golf Classic - 2004; Flotsam and Jetsam; Participating Organization; What's Cool at ICE?Clean Ocean Action (COA) is a broad-based coalition of over 150 business, community, conservation, environmental, fishing, boating, diving, student, surfing, women's, and service groups. These "Ocean Wavemakers" work to clean up and protect the waters of the New York Bight (the area of water from Cape May, New Jersey, to Montauk Point, New York, and out to the edge of the outer continental shelf). The groups came together in 1984 to investigate sources, effects, and solutions of ocean pollution.November 200