BoatUS Foundation Wants Ideas for New Database to Track Abandoned Boats

In an effort to clean up the nation’s coasts and Great Lakes and rid shores of abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs), the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is creating a new national ADV database in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to track these environmental and navigation hazards to help facilitate removal.