Sailors Take on Ocean Debris

John Mott just emailed us with following questions: "My wife and I are departing the Pacific Northwest in September with a stop in Mexico and then direct for the Marquesas, two to three years in the South Pacific, then on to Australia, New Zealand and the Seychelles.

"We have a 40-ft Farrier trimaran (26-ft beam x 47-ft LOA) with the ability to carry a lot of debris. Who could we partner with to make part of our trip (maybe a season’s worth) of beach clean-up (or other plastic debris-related endeavor)? For instance, is there a cruisers’ support network making serious inroads into removing plastics from beaches in the remote South Pacific, or other group that we could partner with?"

In December we ran a story on the Pacific gyre and studies of plastics on remote Pacific islands by the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University, including this list of related websites: 

www.oikonos.org
www.balloonsblow.org
www.theoceancleanup.com
www.fivegyres.org
www.marinedebris.engr.uga.edu (app)
https://marinedebris.noaa.gov

Do any of our readers have additional organizations to suggest? Email us here.