The Good Mate Recreational Boating and Marina Program

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The Good Mate Recreational Boating and Marina
Program
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The Good Mate Program Materials

• The Good Mate Manual
• Educational Brochure Series
• Video Stewardship Of The Waterways
• Teaching Guide

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The Good Mate Manual
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The Good Mate Manual

• Designed to provide
• recreational boaters and marina operators with
  valuable information necessary for understanding
  the importance of pollution prevention
• techniques related to preventing water pollution
  
• and how to respond to pollution violations.

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The Good Mate Manual

• Divided into three sections
• The Water Environment
• The Connection Between Water And Recreational
  Boating
• Potential Environmental Impacts Of Recreational
  Boating And Marina Operations

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The Good Mate Manual

• Manual addresses six pollution issues
• Oil Fuel
• Sewage
• Vessel Maintenance Repair
• Solid Waste Debris
• Stormwater Runoff
• Vessel Operation Damage

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Educational Brochure Series
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Educational Brochure Series

• Six educational brochures corresponding to the
  main pollution topics contained in the Good Mate
  Manual.
• Oil Fuel Sewage Vessel Maintenance Repair
  Solid Waste Debris Stormwater Runoff Vessel
  Operation Damage

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Educational Brochure Series

• Serve as a quick and easy reference for boaters,
  marina operators, and the general boating public.
  

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Educational Brochure Series

• Each brochure describes.
• the potential pollution issue
• the impact (environmentally, economically)
• what boaters can do
• what marinas can do
• applicable laws
• and contacts resources.

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The Good Mate Video Stewardship Of The Waterways
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The Good Mate Video Stewardship Of The Waterways

• Examines the potential problems related to fuel
  and oil, sewage, debris, and vessel maintenance
  associated with everyday boating activities.
• Boaters will learn simple and inexpensive
  techniques that they can follow to help protect
  our aquatic habitats.

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The Good Mate Video Stewardship Of The Waterways

• The video may be used as a course introduction,
  as well as, an additional public educational tool
  for use at displays, exhibits, and boating supply
  stores.
• Video Length Twelve-minutes

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The Good Mate Recreational Boating and Marina
Program Educational Materials
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Good Mate Teaching Guide

• Designed to facilitate the training and education
  of recreational boaters, marina operators, and
  Good Mate Trainers
• To be used in conjunction with the Good Mate
  Manual supplemental materials

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Good Mate Teaching Guide

• Divided into nine-units corresponding to the Good
  Mate Manual
• Each Unit begins with a teaching objective
• Followed by Talking Points
• Condensed summarizations of the important
  information presented in the Good Mate Manual

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Good Mate Teaching Guide

• Each Unit also contains
• Supplemental information
• Suggested teaching activities
• Unit questions
• Glossary of commonly used environmental terms

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Good Mate Teaching Guide

• Uses of the Teaching Guide
• As a source of environmental and pollution
  prevent information designed to supplement Safe
  Boating Courses
• Can serve as a stand alone clean boating course
  for use in conjunction with the Good Mate
  materials

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The Good Mate Recreational Boating and Marina
Program

• Developed and presented by
• Charles Barr, Program Manager
• The Ocean Conservancy
• Office of Pollution Prevention and Monitoring
• 1432 N. Great Neck Road, Suite 103
• Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
• Phone [phone]
• Email goodmate_at_oceanconservancyva.org
• cbarr_at_oceanconservancyva.org