The Mystery of How Long Until It’s Gone

… Huge amounts of marine debris enter the ocean and Great Lakes every year, from large abandoned and derelict vessels and fishing gear, to plastic bottles, …
Discover Marine Debris   05/02/2024 - 16:44

Where Do Derelict Nets in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Come From?

… fishing net problem in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (monument) is identifying their source. … nets that NOAA pulls off from the monument’s coral reefs and shorelines have few identifying characteristics - they … where debris tends to concentrate due to a combination of oceanic and atmospheric forces. The STCZ is positioned north …
Pacific Islands   11/30/2021 - 16:54

Debris Removal and Capacity Building Through a Regional Center for Marine Debris in Alaska

… Alaska, to support targeted marine debris removal projects and ongoing collection, monitoring, transport, recycling, … in the region.  Kotlik (West Alaska) Zender Environmental Health and Research Group ($198,655) will work … work with local high school students to bring regional and national awareness about waste management and marine debris …
Removal   Alaska   01/23/2025 - 19:10

Avoid, Intercept, and Redesign: A Marine Debris Prevention Initiative in Hawai‘i

… initiative focused on the impacts of derelict fishing gear and single-use plastics in Hawai‘i.   Type of Project:  Prevention Region: Pacific Islands Project Dates:  September 2022 - February 2024 Who is … Coastlines Hawaii , Zero Waste O‘ahu , Nā Kama Kai , Huli , and Kahākūkahi , is carrying out a marine debris prevention …
Prevention   Pacific Islands   05/05/2025 - 16:28

Removing and Preventing Derelict Fishing Gear and Large Debris Nationwide

… Ocean Conservancy is administering a national competitive grant program for the removal of large … creating tools to better prevent derelict fishing gear, and removing marine debris in southwest Alaska and the Lower Florida Keys.  Type of Project:  Removal …
Removal   Alaska, California, Florida   03/03/2025 - 11:32

Investigating the Influence of Microplastics (and contaminants) on the Grazing Behavior of Copepods

… Marine Debris Program to answer impact questions related to microplastics. Do copepods demonstrate selective grazing behavior when presented with microplastics contaminated with selct persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic substances (PBT) chemicals, in addition to their …
Research   10/28/2019 - 12:56

Citizen Science Marine Debris Monitoring in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

… Debris Program has partnered with the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary to monitor marine debris in the … The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) and the NOAA Marine Debris Program have partnered to engage … navigation, impacts our economy, and is a risk to human health and safety. Although we continue to learn more and …
Monitoring   California   04/17/2025 - 16:31

Quantification of Marine Microplastics in the Surface Waters of the Gulf of Alaska

… Scientists from the University of Washington Tacoma, and UW’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and … a baseline for the distribution and quantity of marine microplastics in the Gulf of Alaska. Using this baseline, they worked to determine if an increase in marine microplastics occurred following the 2011 Fukushima …
Research   Alaska   06/28/2019 - 10:59

Working with the National Towboat Network to Remove Large Derelict Gear

… The BoatU.S. Foundation and the NOAA Marine Debris Program worked together to remove a derelict vessel and three large commercial nets from Lake Erie and Ocean … coast of Lake Erie, including Maumee Bay State Park, Cedar National Wildlife Refuge, and Ottawa National Wildlife …
Removal   Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic   05/05/2023 - 16:26

The Ghost Trap Rodeo: Competitions to Find and Remove Ghost Fishing Gear and Marine Debris from the Tampa Bay Estuary

… Ocean Aid 360 and Coastal Conservation Association Florida conducted awareness campaigns and weekend-long marine debris removal competitions, called … Bay estuary. During the removal activities, Ocean Aid 360 and event participants collected data on the species removed …
Removal   Florida   04/17/2025 - 15:24

Be an Ocean Guardian: Activity Book

… Activity Book … Created by the NOAA Marine Debris Program and Office of National Marine Sanctuaries , the Ocean Guardian Activity … Book teaches students about the ocean, marine debris, and why it's important through word searches, games, and …
Activities   08/22/2024 - 09:34

Capturing Debris in Florida Aquatic Preserves through Operation TRAP

… debris before it enters Aquatic Preserves in the Big Bend and Nature Coast area of Florida and developing a toolkit for other municipalities to adopt … Infrastructure Law funding, the University of Florida and Florida Sea Grant are strategically enhancing …
Removal   Florida   04/15/2025 - 15:45

Removing and Managing Derelict Fishing Traps in Puerto Rico

… with fishing groups, the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, and local non-governmental organizations to address derelict … of a  Fishing for Energy grant, a partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Covanta, and NOAA’s …
Removal   Florida   04/17/2025 - 15:04

Status of Marine Debris on U.S. Shorelines

… Conservancy, together with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, was supported by the NOAA Marine Debris Program and analyzed datasets from their 30-year International Coastal Cleanup efforts as well as five years’ …
Monitoring   04/17/2025 - 16:33

Talking Trash for Clean Oceans

… neighborhoods in Salem, Massachusetts to raise awareness and change local trash disposal behaviors. Project Dates: … campaign created by Salem Sound Coastwatch to mitigate and prevent marine debris within Salem Sound. Focusing on … and made the connection between trash on the street and the health of the oceans. Students took part in these “Discovery …
Prevention   Northeast   03/03/2025 - 12:33