The Second NOWPAP Workshop on Marine Litter was held on March 28-29, 2007 in Toyama, Japan.
Nineteen presentations were made by NOWPAP Member States (China, Japan, Korea, and Russia), NOWPAP staff and FAO/UNEP Consultants, including a keynote speech and special lecture. Around 90 people participated in the workshop.
1. Objectives
To exchange information on marine litter, focusing on countermeasures taken in the NOWPAP region and a neighboring area, aiming at providing useful input for development of a Regional Action Plan on marine litter in the NOWPAP Region.
2. Participating Organizations
(1) Organizers:
Northwest Pacific Action Plan
Special Monitoring and Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Centre
(NOWPAP/CEARAC)
(2) Sponsors:
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center (NPEC)
(3) Supporters:
Toyama Prefecture, Toyama City, NOWPAP RCU, Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies (JACZS), Japan Driftological Society, Japan Society of Waste Management Experts (JSWME), The Oceanographic Society of Japan
(4) Organizing Committee:
NOWPAP MALITA Focal Points, Directors of NOWPAP RACs and representatives of NOWPAP RCU
3. Program
(1) Opening Ceremony
(2) Keynote Speech – The Problem of Derelict Fishing Gear – Global Review and Proposals for Action (Mr. Steve RAAYMAKERS, UNEP/FAO Consultant)
(3) Special Lecture – Ghost-fishing impact by derelict fishing gear (Dr. Tatsuro MATSUOKA, Kagoshima University, Japan)
(4) Session 1: Countermeasures against marine litter
(5) Session 2: Reduction and prevention of marine litter
(6) Session 3: Fisheries-related marine litter in the NOWPAP Region
(7) Session 4: Coastal Cleanup and marine litter monitoring
(8) Session 5: Marine litter management policies and systems
(9) Session 6: Regional actions against marine litter
4. Result
Through the workshop, participants shared information on: (1) countermeasures
implemented in specific areas; (2) the reduction and prevention efforts implemented in
each country; (3) countermeasures against fisheries-related marine litter; (4) coastal
cleanup; (5) marine litter management policies and systems; and (6) regional actions
against marine litter, including in the neighbouring COBSEA Region. In the discussions of
each session, participants actively exchanged opinions in the pursuit of more effective
ways to solve marine litter problems. The information and opinions shared at this workshop
help develop a Regional Action Plan on marine litter in the NOWPAP Region.
5. Report
“Report on the Second NOWPAP Workshop on Marine Litter”
