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OVI DEPLOYS CLEAN-UP VESSEL TO CENTRAL AMERICA
OVI commends the Governments of Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador & Columbia in announcing at COP26, the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) Initiative. By increasing the size of their protected territorial waters, these Central American Nations have joined together to create a fishing-free corridor covering more than 500,000 sq km…
WINTOGETHER AND SAP JOIN FORCES TO BENEFIT OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE (OVI), GIVING DONORS A CHANCE TO WIN $50K
Ocean Voyages Institute would like to thank WinTogether and SAP for helping to fundraise for a cleaner ocean. Funds raised in the CLEAN OCEANS CAMPAIGN will go towards OVI’s goal of removing One Million pounds of ghost nets and toxic plastics from our seas. OVI would like to also thank USA…
HOW WE’RE REMOVING 1 MILLION POUNDS OF PLASTIC OUT OF THE OCEAN
We are removing the highest volume of plastics in the world for mid-ocean clean-up with donated maritime vessels combined with technology like GPS Trackers and Drones. Don’t let anyone ever say that mid-ocean clean-up is impossible! Mary Crowley is the founder and executive director of Ocean Voyages Institute established in…
OCEAN CARBON AND THE DANGER OF PLASTIC
When carbon in the atmosphere is photosynthesized by algae in the oceans, zooplantkon eat the algae and drop carbon-rich feces to the sea-floor. Plastics are disrupting the ocean’s ability to store carbon, as zooplankton also ingest plastic.
BYFUSION BECOMES OFF-TAKE PARTNER FOR THE LARGEST OCEAN CLEANUP IN HISTORY
ByFusion teams up with Ocean Voyages Institute to convert 40,000 lbs of plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into construction-grade building material ByFusion announces off-take partnership with Ocean Voyages Institute (OVI), repurposing 20 tons of marine debris and plastic waste into construction grade building materials. The ByFusion-OVI partnership…
OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE COMMITS TO REMOVING 1 MILLION POUNDS OF PLASTIC FROM THE OCEAN
Record-breaking season prompts non-profit group to raise the bar on open ocean cleanup after 340,000 pounds of plastic waste pulled from Great Pacific Garbage Patch HONOLULU, HI — August 5, 2020 Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel, S/V KWAI, docked in Honolulu today, after 35 days at sea, successfully…