Emergency Response Guides and Regional Action Plans
Emergency Response Guides provide specific direction for coordinating local, state, and federal response to acute marine debris events. Action Plans provide a strategic framework for partners across a specific state or region to address the problem of marine debris.
Regional Action Plans
Puerto Rico Strategic Plan to Reduce Aquatic Debris
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Gulf of Maine Marine Debris Action Plan
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California Ocean Litter Prevention Strategy
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2018_California_Litter_Strategy.pdf (9.85 MB)
2018_California_Litter_Strategy.pdf (9.85 MB)
Hawai'i Marine Debris Action Plan
Download File: 2021_Hawaii_Marine_Debris_Action_Plan.pdf (12.09 MB)
2021_Hawaii_Marine_Debris_Action_Plan.pdf (12.09 MB)
Washington Marine Debris Action Plan
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Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Action Plan
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2019 Hawai'i Marine Debris Action Plan Research Workshop
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Florida Marine Debris Reduction Plan
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Great Lakes Marine Debris Action Plan
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Oregon Marine Debris Action Plan
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Southeast Marine Debris Action Plan
Download File: 2019_Southeast_Marine_Debris_Action_Plan.pdf (13.05 MB)
2019_Southeast_Marine_Debris_Action_Plan.pdf (13.05 MB)Emergency Response Guides
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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New York Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Puerto Rico Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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U.S. Virgin Islands Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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New Jersey Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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South Carolina Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Mississippi Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Louisiana Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Delaware Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Florida Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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North Carolina Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Texas Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Virginia Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Georgia Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Alabama Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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Maryland Marine Debris Emergency Response Guide
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