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Annual NOAA Marine Debris Program Art Contest

Octopus with text "Now Open"

Communicating for a Clean Future: Ohio Marine Debris Challenge

Various marine debris items on a beach.

2019 Marine Debris Calendar Available for Download

Drawing of octopus with text "2019 Marine Debris Calendar".

The NOAA Marine Debris Program Awards Funding to 11 New Projects to Prevent Marine Debris

Students participating in an educational marine debris art activity. The students are in a circle around a plastic tarp, painting marine debris messages on pieces of wood.

The NOAA Marine Debris Program Awards Funding to 12 New Projects to Remove Marine Debris

A fisher tosses a derelict crab pot onto a pile.

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