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Mission 2011 is about saving the oceans and the fisheries, and an integral part of solving the current problem is taking action against all forces of nature which are destroying marine life and the marine environment. One such force which the public is not aware of are the 'Floating Cities' known to the general public as cruise ships. California Represenative Sam Farr, whose district includes the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, writes, "The pristine ocean cruisers we see in TV commercials are also massive ocean polluters, often generating and dumping wastes equivalent to those of a small city into our coastal waters" (CITATIONClemmitt, 2005). Even more devastating are the effects of cruise ships near delicate environments such Caribbean coral reefs, where the effects of pollution are magnified: cruise ships are allowed to dump raw, untreated sewage into the ocean after the ship has moved beyond the three-mile limit, and many ships routinely perform this action. Indeed, this waste is filled with bacteria killing and sickening marine life and harming human health (CITATIONClemmitt, 2005). 

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Clemmitt, M. (2005, November 4). Saving the oceans. *CQ Researcher*, *15*,
933-956. Retrieved November 21, 2007, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/cqresearcher/cqresrre2005110400^{Image Added}.

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