About 30 years ago, anti-fouling paints that used organo-tin compounds as the active ingredients were developed.

They are also effective in the smaller concentrations required in an anti-fouling paint.

Harry, you hook up the spray machine and get another coat of anti-fouling paint on her bottom.

The hull was composed of a composite carbon fibre and kevlar with a non-toxic anti-fouling paint.

Rack storage reduces the danger of a fuel spill and the need to coat the boat's hull with anti-fouling paints, which dissolve into the water.

Preventative measures include anti-fouling paints, wood preservation, and slime control containing tributyltin.

Locally, we have trouble with copper leaching from the the anti-fouling paint on the Navy ships and precipitating out into the sediments.

There is some concern also about pollutants from anti-fouling paint on boat hulls.

Tributyltins are also used in marine anti-fouling paint.

A possible future replacement for anti-fouling paint may be slime.