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Introducing: Blue Flag
Blue Flag is an international eco-award program recognizing sustainable beach, marina, and tourism boat management decisions. Operating in 50 countries, including the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. With over 5000 sites, Blue Flag is one of the most recognizable voluntary ecoawards. The program promotes sustainable development through environmental education at the individual, local, national, and international levels.
Blue Flag also offers individual boat owners the opportunity to participate in the program and support sustainable boating actions by signing an environmental code of conduct. Individual boat owners include private recreational boats. Tour boats, charters, and educational boats qualify for the tourism boat award. For more information on all boating awards visit the USA program website: blueflag.us/join-blue-flag/boats/.
The environmental code of conduct covers boating actions such as, not littering or dumping waste into coastal waters; reporting pollution or other environmental violations; respecting fishing regulations and seasonal limits; not purchasing or using items from or made from protected species or underwater archeological findings. You can sign up with the Blue Flag USA national operator at blueflag.us/ individual-boat-owner-code-of-conduct/.
The Blue Flag eco-award is one of five environmental education programs offered by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The award is offered to beaches, marinas, and tourism boats meeting over 30 criteria for water quality, environmental education and information, environmental management, safety and services, sustainable tourism, and social responsibility. The Blue Flag USA program currently operates the beach award and individual boat owner award. We are undergoing feasibility phases for marina and tourism boat awards. For more information, please email: blueflagusa@asbpa.org.
