POSTERS & PLACARDS
What We Know About the "Garbage Patches" (
256KB)
Created with assitance from Sheavly Consultants, LLC.

Marine debris is everyone's problem poster (
256KB)
Created by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
- French (
685KB) - Japanese (
816KB) - Korean (
615KB) - Portuguese (
679KB) - Spanish (
683KB) - Turkish (
661KB)
Marine debris impacts poster (
745KB)

Created by the NOAA Marine Debris Program and University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program in partnership with the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. This poster highlights the impacts of marine debris, particularly entanglement and ingestion in marine species such as the humpback whale, green sea turtle, and Hawaiian monk seal.
NOAA Marine Debris Program Rack Card (
320KB)

Double-sided 1/3 sheet descriptive rack card on the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
Great Lakes Marine Debris Rack Card (
471KB)

Double-sided 1/3 sheet descriptive rack card on marine debris in the Great Lakes region.
Monitoring Marine Debris Postcard (
1.5MB)

Double-sided postcard size descriptive material all about the NOAA Marine Debris Program's marine debris monitoring activities.

Understanding Marine Debris Poster
Designed to educate people on marine debris, its sources, impacts and ways to prevent it, this poster provides a concise explanation of the debris problem. Poster prints at 11" x 17".
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645kb)

Land-Based Sources of Marine Debris Poster
This poster offers a succinct explanation of land-based sources of marine debris, its impacts and steps people can take to prevent it. Poster prints at 11" x 17".
Download pdf (
379kb)

Fishing and Marine Debris Poster
This 11" x 17"poster educates fishermen on how they may contribute to marine debris, its impacts on marine species and what they can do to help prevent this widespread problem.
Download pdf (
420kb)

Boating and Marine Debris Poster
This poster offers boaters a concise explanation of marine debris, its causes and impacts and steps they can take to help reduce the amount of debris that reaches oceans and waterways. Poster prints at 11" x 17".
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451kb)

MARPOL Poster
Developed with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, this 8" x 11" poster illustrates the various waste disposal restrictions that vessels must observe while at sea (under the MARPOL agreement and U.S. federal law).
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70kb)

MARPOL Placard
This 5" x 8" placard illustrates the various waste disposal restrictions that vessels must observe while at sea (under the MARPOL agreement and U.S. federal law).
Download pdf (
64kb)

U.S. Boater & Marina Tip Sheet for Preventing Marine Debris
Boaters and marina owners can refer to this handy tip sheet to learn some simple - yet effective - steps they can take to help reduce the amount of marine debris that enters the oceans and waterways.
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126kb)

