Clean Ocean Advocate, May 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- Rotary District 7510 - InterAct; Federal Plan Pursues Ocean Drilling in Atlantic; Dirty Mud for the Ocean Prompts Revival of Workgroup Meetings; Global Terminal and Container Services; Newark Bay Confined Disposal Facility; NJDEP Commissioner Supports Cooling Towers for Oyster Creek; Be an Ocean Advocate!; SOA Wraps-up Inaugural Year; SEA SCENES: Ship Ahoy Beach Club & The Jackson Family; Cruise into Summer Ted Shred's 1st Annual Beach Cruiser Bike Bash; Celebrate Summer's Arrival with Gidget and Moondoggie!; and 3,000+ Volunteers Sweep NJ Beaches.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