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Data Collection & Research

These NOAA-funded projects track marine debris in the marine environment or on-shore. Some of them create databases of debris concentrations for clean-up purposes.

Ongoing

• Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Mapping Project (Gulf of Mexico)

2007

• Assessing the Socio-economic Costs of Marine Debris and the Benefits of Abatement, Phase 2: Model Development, Data Gap Analysis and Survey Design (Nationwide)

• Emergency Response Field Data Collection - Integrating marine debris and shoreline assessment data through a common data standard (Nationwide)

• Coordinating Our Efforts: Establishing Effective and Scientifically Sound Marine Debris Goals, Practices, and Outreach for Alaska (Alaska)

• Assessment, monitoring, and reduction of the causes and impacts of marine debris in the South Atlantic Bight (Florida to North Carolina)

• A Survey of Invertebrate and Algal Communities Colonizing Marine Debris in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii)

2006

• Marine Debris Monitoring and Education - A west coast partnership with at sea surveys and educators to use seabirds as indicators of plastic pollution (California)

• Tire Reef Cleanup: Determining viable disposal options for 1+ million tires recovered from Florida Reefs (Florida)

• Post-Hurricane Marine Debris and Underwater Obstruction Assessment and Marking in Calcasieu Lake, LA (Louisiana)

• Socio-economic Costs and Benefits of Marine Debris Abatement (Nationwide)

• Quantifying Marine Debris in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)

• Census of Marine Debris (Pacific Ocean)

2005

• Marine Debris Location and Removal in the Main Hawaiian Islands and Vicinity (Hawaii)

• High Seas GhostNet Detection Project (Pacific Ocean)

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Education & Outreach, Training & Protocols

NOAA funds the projects below to inform and educate the public about marine debris and its causes, and how to help keep the environment free from this hazard.

2006

• Marine Debris Education Campaign for Guam (Guam)

• Marine Debris Outreach for Hawaii Cruise Lines (Hawaii)

• Take Action on Marine Debris - New Marine Debris Exhibit (Hawaii)

• A Web-based Education Campaign for Marine Debris Awareness and Prevention for NOAA's Marine Debris Program (Nationwide)

• An Integrated PDA-GPS Protocol for Marine Debris and Oil Spill Cleanup, Mitigation, and Decision-Making (Nationwide)

2005

• Address Lobster Line Work Associated with Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (Atlantic)

• Anacostia Watershed Explorers (District of Columbia)

• Alabama and Mississippi Marine Debris Removal and Prevention: Boater Education and Volunteer-based Clean-up Program (Gulf Coast)

• Outreach on Marine Debris and Protected Species through publication of a Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of Hawaii and the Eastern North Pacific, to include a section on Marine Debris (Hawaii)

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On-the-Ground Efforts

These projects and programs describe marine debris cleanup activities funded by NOAA throughout the nation.

Ongoing

• International Coastal Cleanup

2007

• Marine Debris Survey and Removal from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument: Maintenance Mode (Hawaii)

• Combining a Monofilament Recovery and Recycling Program in North Carolina with a Debris Accumulation, Removal, and Impact Assessment (North Carolina)

• Development of a Coordinated Strategy for the Washington Outer Coast Beach Cleanup and Debris Cache Removal (Washington)

2006

• Removal of Marine Debris used as Lobster Aggregating Structures [casitas] (Florida)

• Terminating Trash in the Anacostia Watershed (Maryland)

• Marine Debris Removal in Right Whale Habitat (Massachusetts)

2005

• Removal of large concentrations of marine debris from the Unalaska Island Vicinity, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Alaska)

• Anacostia Watershed Cleanup (District of Columbia)

• Marine Debris Removal in Monk Seal Habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii)

• Marine Debris Location and Removal in the Main Hawaiian Islands and Vicinity (Hawaii)

• Marine Debris Removal from the Waiohinu-Ka Lae Coast Hawaii Island (Hawaii)

• Honolulu Marine Debris Port Reception Feasibility Project (Hawaii)

• Olympic Coast Clean-up Beach Debris Removal (Washington)

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Derelict Fishing Gear

These NOAA Marine Debris projects focus on addressing derelict fishing gear in its many forms.

2007

• An Assessment of derelict fishing gear and other marine debris in deepwater benthic habitats off California (California)

• Derelict Traps and Casita Debris in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Distribution, Habitat Impacts, and Bycatch Mortality (Florida)

• Impact Assessment, Recovery, and Prevention of Derelict Fishing Gear (crab traps) in Chesapeake Bay (Maryland, Virginia)

• Demonstration project for at-sea retrieval and shore-side removal of derelict fishing gear from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Massachusetts)

• Recovery and subsequent disposal of ghost Black Sea Bass traps in the U.S. South Atlantic Fishery Management Area (North Carolina)

• Oregon Derelict Crab Trap Recovery: Removal, Assessment, and Outreach (Oregon)

2006

• Derelict Fishing Gear in Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: Surveys, Removal Protocol Development, and Removal Feasibility Assessment (California)

• NOAA-UPSAC Fishing Line Recycling Program (California)

• Regional Monofilament Recovery and Recycling Program (Florida, Texas)

• Identification, Mapping and Assessment of Derelict Fishing Gear in the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland)

• Removal of Derelict Fishing Gear from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Shipwrecks (Massachusetts)

2005

• Identification, Mapping and Assessment of Derelict Fishing Gear in the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland)

• Northwest Straits Derelict Fishing Gear Assessment, Recovery, Training and Outreach Project (Washington)

• Derelict Fishing Gear Assessment, Recovery, Training and Outreach (Washington)

• Olympic Coast Derelict Fishing Gear Pilot Project (Washington)

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Derelict Vessels

These projects attempt to address derelict vessel issues on a small scale.

Ongoing

• NOAA Abandoned Vessel Program (Nationwide)

2007

• Planning for Removal of Derelict Vessels and Vessel Debris in American Samoa (American Samoa)

2006

• Prevention of Vessel Debris through Inspections and Outreach (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)

2005

• South Carolina Abandoned Vessel Project (South Carolina)

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