Taking Action on Marine Debris

Taking Action on Marine Debris For Adults and Professionals

  • Marine debris is a human-caused problem, but it also has human solutions. Those solutions can start with you! Learn more about things you can do to keep our sea free of debris.

    Urban Ocean Brings Together Partners for Summit in Chennai, India

    A speaker making opening remarks at the Urban Ocean Summit stage.
    From June 18-20, thanks to funding from the NOAA Marine Debris Program, Ocean Conservancy and its partners hosted the Urban Ocean Summit in Chennai, India – one of the 12 Urban Ocean Cities.

    All the Tools You Need to Tackle Marine Debris

    Two volunteers sorting through miscellaneous marine debris items and categorizing types of marine debris on a tracking sheet.
    The NOAA Marine Debris Program has all of the tools to engage partners and volunteers around the world to survey and record the amount and types of marine debris on shorelines.

    Tropical Islands Partnering on Solutions for Marine Debris Webinar Series

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    Explore this webinar series intended to help tropical island communities connect and share perspectives from across the tropics on common marine debris issues and proposed solutions.

    Collecting Marine Debris Data

    Volunteers cleaning up marine debris along a shoreline covered in logs.
    In order to learn more about the problem and understand the types and amount of marine debris in our environment, we need to collect data - and you can help!

    How to Help on the Water

    Man leaning over the side of a boat pulling a fish trap up from the water.
    Learn more about how responsible boaters and fishers can prevent marine debris and join efforts to clean up our Ocean and Great Lakes.

    Regional Action Plans

    People walking up the beach with bags of debris collected from the shore.
    Action Plans provide a strategic framework for partners across a specific state or region to address the problem of marine debris.

    Salvaging Solutions to Abandoned and Derelict Vessels Webinar Series

    Salvaging Solutions to Abandoned and Derelict Vessels.
    Welcome to the NOAA Marine Debris Program’s online webinar series, Salvaging Solutions to Abandoned and Derelict Vessels! Each month’s webinar features experts on a topic related to abandoned and derelict vessels.

    Marine Debris Clearinghouse

    Explore information on the Marine Debris Clearinghouse.
    Look here to find completed and in-progress projects and their results based on different project information, including location, project type, time frame, partner, or debris type.

For citation purposes, unless otherwise noted, this article was authored by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

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