Clean Ocean Advocate, March 2007

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: COA Participating Organizations- NY/NJ Baykeeper; Another Outrage: PCB Cleanup Delayed Again; Victory! NJDEP Rejects Spraying Toxic Dimilin; Help Reduce Impacts to Coastal Waters; New Year, Congress, & Actions to Stop Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling; Shell Hires Gale Norton; Spring into Volunteering; U.S. Government Gets "C-" on Oceans Protection; Sea Scenes: Paddling Fun on the Film Screen!; Yoga Day USA Goes with the Flow of Success; and Register for Free Flat-out Fun and Prizes!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.Purpose: To inform citizens about critical ocean pollution issues, proposed legislation, important Clean Ocean Action meeting dates, special events, and other notes of interest