To report interesting items of flotsam that have washed ashore, send an e-mail to Curtis Ebbesmeyer at curtisebbesmeyer@comcast.net or a letter to him at:

Curtis Ebbesmeyer
Beachcombers Alert
6306 21st Avenue, NE
Seattle, WA 98115

Be sure to include a description of the item, the circumstances of its discovery (location, date, weather conditions, etc.), and pictures of the item if possible.

Detailed information about the release of wooden tops off Japan in 2005 and 2006 can be found at http://www.gondo.com/g-files/koma/page_1.htm.

10,000 containers go overboard each year? mind-boggling!