Manually cleaning out tons of trash thrown into 3 creeks in Lindenhurst, NY. I just became a trained Citizen Scientist to find macro-invertebrates in creeks, and to place them in specimen jars to be analyzed by a scientist in the NYSDEC. These macro-invertebrates are bio-indicators of the quality of water in NYS.
Progress reports
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Type of commitment
NUTRIENTS
- Fertilizer use efficiency
- Other (please specify): Working to convince the town officials to go organics in Town of Babylon, NY parks and Village of Lindenhurst parks along the Great South Bay.
PLASTICS
SHIPPING
- Reduce invasive aquatic species introduction
OTHER POLLUTANTS (please specify)
- Integrated pest management
- Other (please specify): Anti Litter Movement
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Type of commitment
- Community or Locally Managed Marine Areas
- Other (please specify): Re-introduce alewife fish and American Eel back into our creeks once they are restored to good health.
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
Type of commitment
- Scientific, socioeconomic and interdisciplinary research
- Data access and sharing
- Training and professional development
- Scientific cooperation
July 2017
