Impacts | OR&R's Marine Debris Program

Impacts

Marine debris impacts are wide ranging. From being an eyesore on a beach to animal entanglement, marine debris is a problem that we cannot ignore.

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Derelict crab pots

A derelict net being pulled up from the Puget Sound contains fish

An albatross carcass has plastics in the stomach

Sea turtle entangled in fishing line. (Photo Credit: Sea Turtle Inc.)

Coral Removed from a Derelict Net.

A Laysan Albatross chick rests on a small derelict fishing net.

Broken Coral in a Derelict Fishing Net.

A monk seal sleeping on derelict nets.

A Laysan Albatross couple practices their mating dance. (Photo Credit: NOAA PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program)

The Marine Debris team is removing marine debris, particularly derelict fishing gear, from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to reduce entanglement hazards to the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. (NOAA PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program).