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Marine Debris 101

Marine Debris Program Activity Book
Marine Debris 101 Activity Book


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Marine Debris 101 | NOAA Outreach Products | International Resources


Pile of lighters on the beach
Plastic lighters are colorful, making them easy to spot on beaches and floating in the water.  They float whether empty or full, and may be eaten by birds, fish, and marine mammals.

This page contains useful information, materials, and resources from the NOAA Marine Debris Program that can be used to help prevent and address marine debris.

 

 

 

 

 

Marine Debris 101 Marine Debris 101

NOAA has developed this educational website to inform people on the sources, impacts and solutions of the marine debris issue. On this site you can download informative marine debris brochures, posters, fact sheets, guidebooks, and activity books tailored to specific audiences, including beachgoers, fishermen, boaters, students and educators. Click here!

MD 101 materials | Resources from others

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NOAA Outreach Products

poster
Marine Debris Impacts poster (pdf, 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.

Protect Our Oceans Activity Book
NOAA Protect Our Oceans Activity Book (pdf, 1.64mb) - Created by the NOAA Marine Debris Program and Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Contains marine debris activities from "Understanding Marine Debris: Games and Activities for Kids of All Ages" available in the Marine Debris 101 section.

MDP poster
"Marine debris is everyone's problem" poster (pdf, 256kb) - Created by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

Coloring Book
NOAA Marine Debris Coloring Book (pdf, 9.51mb) - Created by Alan Bunn and James Coe.

Keep Oceans Clean Ocean Awareness Campaign - The Ocean Awareness campaign was created in partnership with Environmental Defense, Disney, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, NOAA, and the Ad Council.

Keep Oceans Clean - The Game

Keep Oceans Clean - Public Service Announcement

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International Resources

The Global Marine Litter Information Gateway is a joint effort of the United National Environmental Programme (UNEP) Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) and the United Nation's International Maritime Organization (IMO), with the objective of providing a clearinghouse and gateway for supplying and exchanging information on the global, regional, and local problem of marine litter.

Marine debris is an international problem, with both international organizations and individual countries addressing the issue to prevent further pollution and clean up what is already in the coastal and marine environment. Organizations with Web sites on activities going on outside of the U.S. include:

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