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NOAA Projects (05-08)

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NOAA Projects: 2005-2008

Ongoing | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

From 2005 to 2008, the NOAA Marine Debris Program provided a competitive internal funding opportunity for NOAA offices and programs. These are summaries of those projects. For more information on any of them please contact us at marinedebris.web@noaa.gov.

Project Type Key
Data Collection & Research = R
Education & Outreach, Training & Protocols = E
On-the-Ground Efforts = O
Derelict Fishing Gear = G
Derelict Vessels = V

Ongoing NOAA Projects

Listed below are several of the large-scale ongoing marine debris projects throughout the nation:

• Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Mapping Project

• High Seas GhostNet Detection Project

• International Coastal Cleanup (NOAA Cleanup Day)

• NOAA Abandoned Vessel Program

• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Debris Removal Effort

2008

Pacific

• Reconnaissance Surveys for Marine Debris in Remote Areas of Alaska’s Coast (Alaska, R)

• Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Marine Debris on Selected Beaches in the Gulf of Alaska (Alaska, R)

• Assessing change in Derelict Fishing Gear and Other Marine Debris in Deepwater Benthic Habitats Within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (California, G)

• An Assessment of the Impact of Derelict Fishing Nets on the Coral Reef Habitats of Midway Atoll (Hawaii, R)

• Derelict Fishing Gear Mapping and Removal in the Main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, O)

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

• Assessing the Global Impact of Marine Debris and Derelict Fishing Gear on Marine Mammals: Beginning the dialog (Hawaii/Worldwide, G)

• Derelict Fishing Gear in Puget Sound: Prioritizing removal, preventing recruitment, and parameterizing efforts to model biological impacts (Washington, G)

• Collection of Benthic Marine Debris During the 2008 West Coast Groundfish Trawl Survey: Distribution, Characterization, and Weight (Pacific Ocean, west coast U.S., R)

• Malolo Project: Focusing Efforts to Detect Derelict Fishing Gear at Sea in the North Pacific (NE Pacific Ocean, G)

Atlantic

• Sea Debris: Locating and removing derelict fishing gear in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Massachusetts, O)

• Marine Debris Characterization in Salt Marsh and Submerged Habitats in Coastal North Carolina (North Carolina, R)

• Derelict Crab Pots in North Carolina Waters and Their Effects on Diamondback Terrapin Populations: Proposed inventory, methodology development for effective location and removal, educational awareness campaign, and planning for long-term solutions (North Carolina, R)

Gulf Coast

• Mapping, Assessment, and Removal of Derelict Fishing Gear from Stetson Bank, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Texas, G)

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2007

Nationwide

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

Pacific

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Atlantic

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

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

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

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

• Debris Accumulation, Removal and Impact Assessment (DARIA) (North Carolina, O)

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

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2006

Nationwide

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

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

Pacific

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

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

• NOAA-UPSAC Fishing Line Recycling Program (California, G)

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

• Marine Debris Education Campaign for Guam (Guam, E)

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

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

• Census of Marine Debris (Pacific Ocean, R)

Atlantic

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

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

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

• Marine Debris Removal in Right Whale Habitat (Massachusetts, O)

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

Gulf Coast

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

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2005

Pacific

• Removal of Large Concentrations of Marine Debris from the Unalaska Island Vicinity, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Alaska, O)

• Derelict Fishing Gear Mapping and Removal in the Main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, R)

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

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

• Honolulu Marine Debris Port Reception Feasibility Project (Hawaii, O)

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

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

• Olympic Coast Derelict Fishing Gear Pilot Project (Washington, G)

Atlantic

• Anacostia Watershed Explorers (District of Columbia, E)

• Anacostia Watershed Cleanup (District of Columbia, O)

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

• South Carolina Abandoned Vessel Project (South Carolina, V)

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

Gulf Coast

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

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