1. Ocean Monitoring San Diego Maritime Week

2. Consider…… We use 85,000,000 plastic bottles every 3 minutes We use Permanent material for disposable products – 50% of all plastics made Over 260m tons per year……… Roughly 90% never gets recycled

3. Mission: Restore the World’s Ocean Challenge Humanity’s growing problem of marine debris 60 years of neglect Need Understand, evaluate, inspire, prevent Focus Convergence zones—beginning with the North Pacific Gyre—expanding to other parts of the ocean over time.

13. Voyage Tracker

19. Programs Ocean Research Expeditions Annual scientific expeditions to perform research at sea on the pattern and impact of marine debris Break Through Analysis Our scientists analyze this new data in our network of collaborating laboratories globally Innovation Development We identify, test and promote new ways to retrieve and convert marine debris as well as prevent and reduce waste Accelerating Change We apply our discoveries in programs to change consumer behavior, improve industry practices, and craft public policy

20. History Unvisited area – little knowledge Science exploration, new data, new questions………. Awareness brings innovation

21. Opportunities Global Ocean Recovery System Visual Intelligence – satellite, “scanners,” detectors.. Communal Science Interactivity Real time, with a story