Reports

Access and download a suite of reports on a range of topics, including derelict fishing gear, abandoned and derelict vessels, microplastics, wildlife and habitat impacts, and more.  

Accomplishments Reports and Strategic Plans

Cover of the 2023 NOAA Marine Debris Program Accomplishments Report.

Marine Debris Program Accomplishments Report

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Great Lakes Land-based Marine Debris Action Plan Accomplishments Report 2014-2019

Cover of the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan.

2021-2025 Strategic Plan

Cover of the Hawai'i Marine Debris Action Plan Accomplishments Report.

Hawai'i Marine Debris Action Plan 2010-2020 Accomplishments Report

Abandoned and Derelict Vessels

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Proceedings of the Workshop on State-level Responses to Abandoned and Derelict Vessels

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Cover of the Recycling Opportunities for Abandoned, Derelict, and End-of-Life Recreational Vessels report.

Recycling Opportunities for Abandoned, Derelict, and End-of-Life Recreational Vessels

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Cover of the End-of-Life Vessel Material Management Guide.

End-of-Life Vessel Material Management Guide

Abandoned Vessel Authorities and Best Practices Guidance.

Abandoned Vessel Authorities and Best Practices Guidance

About Abandoned and Derelict Vessels fact sheet.

About Abandoned and Derelict Vessels

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Best Management Practices for Abandoned Boats

Best Management Practices for Abandoned Boats

Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Removal

Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Removal

Derelict Fishing Gear

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Assessing Ecological and Economic Effects of Derelict Fishing Gear: A Guiding Framework

Cover of Ecological and Economic Effects of Derelict Fishing Gear in the Chesapeake Bay report.

Effects of Derelict Fishing Gear in the Chesapeake Bay Assessment Report

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2018 Florida Shellfish Aquaculture Gear Management Workshop Proceedings

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NOAA Submerged Derelict Trap Detection Methods Workshop

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Proceedings of the Workshop on At-sea Detection and Removal of Derelict Fishing Gear

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Wildlife and Habitat Impacts

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Marine Debris Impacts on Coastal and Benthic Habitats

Cover of Marine Debris as a Potential Pathway for Invasive Species report.

Marine Debris as a Potential Pathway for Invasive Species

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Entanglement of Marine Species in Marine Debris Report.

Entanglement of Marine Species in Marine Debris with an Emphasis on Species in the United States

Marine debris ingestion report.

Occurrence and Health Effects of Anthropogenic Debris Ingested by Marine Organisms

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Fish caught in a derelict trap.

Impact of “Ghost Fishing“ via Derelict Fishing Gear

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Emergency Response

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Response to the Misawa Dock on the Washington Coast

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Cover of the Bering Strait Marine Debris Event Report.

Bering Strait Marine Debris Event Report

Severe Marine Debris Event Report: Superstorm Sandy.

Severe Marine Debris Event Report: Superstorm Sandy

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Proceedings of the Japan Tsunami Marine Debris Summary Meeting

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Marine Debris Emergency Response Planning in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

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Detecting Japan Tsunami Marine Debris at Sea: A Synthesis of Efforts and Lessons-Learned

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Microplastics

Quantification of Microplastics on National Park Beaches report cover.

Quantification of Microplastics on National Park Beaches

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California Microfiber Update: Textile Perspective - Proceedings of the 2020 California Microfiber Workshop

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Proceedings of the International Research Workshop on Microplastic Marine Debris

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Proceedings of the Second Research Workshop on Microplastic Marine Debris

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Laboratory Methods for the Analysis of Microplastics in the Marine Environment.

Laboratory Methods for the Analysis of Microplastics in the Marine Environment

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Modeling and Monitoring

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Modeling Oceanic Transport of Floating Marine Debris

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Guidelines for the Monitoring and Assessment of Plastic Litter in the Ocean

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Development of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Model

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Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment: Recommendations for Monitoring Debris Trends in the Marine Environment

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Other Reports

Cover of final report Marine debris on the shoreline of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: An assessment of behaviors contributing to marine debris, categories & composition, spatial distribution, and predictor variables.

Marine debris on the shoreline of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: An assessment of behaviors contributing to marine debris, categories & composition, spatial distribution, and predictor variables

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Technical Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Debris Conference

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Marine Debris Prevention Projects and Activities in the Republic of Korea and United States

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Proceedings of the Great Lakes Land-Based Marine Debris Workshop

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Best Management Practices for Removal of Debris from Wetlands and Other Intertidal Areas

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Cover of the report titled A Behavior Change Campaign to Reduce Plastic Shotgun Wad Debris on the North-Central California Coast.

A Behavior Change Campaign to Reduce Plastic Shotgun Wad Debris on the North-Central California Coast

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Marine Debris Economic Study.

Economic study shows marine debris costs California residents millions of dollars

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Study on the Economic Impacts of Marine Debris on Beaches

An Analysis of Marine Debris in the US.

An Analysis of Marine Debris in the US

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Marine Debris Program - Programmatic Environmental Assessment

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The Honolulu Strategy

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