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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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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).
A Marine Debris team member disentangling a Laysan Albatross chick from a small derelict fishing net. (Photo credit: NOAA CREP)
A Black-footed albatross sits among a beach filled with derelict fishing net.
A flock of Laysan Albatrosses.
Bycatch Example (Photo Credit: VIMS)
Entangled hawksbill sea turtle in Hawaii.
Entangled Green Sea Turtle in Hawaii.
A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle ingested a balloon.
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