Marine Debris

Marine debris including derelict fishing gear and other plastic trash is recognized as one of the most pernicious problems facing the world's oceans and shoreline. Click here to learn more about marine debris and what MCAF is doing about it.

View Slideshow "Marine Debris in Alaska"
Clean up

Reports and Photos of Past Cleanups

2009
Prince William Sound NEW
Biorka Island & Sitka Areas
St. Paul Island

2008-7 Marine Debris Cleanup NEW

2008-6 Marine Debris Cleanup NEW

2003 St. Paul Abstract, Brent Paine

DVD. Trashing Your Livelihood: Marine Debris and Commercial Fishing.
Description: Marine debris, including lost and discarded fishing gear, can be costly to commercial fishermen. This video shows fishery damage, and tells how reduce the amount of new debris and how to clean up the debris already there. The video was produced with NOAA funds in partnership with the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association and Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation.

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Marine Debris in Alaska: Coordinating Our Efforts (2008) NEW

Earth Council Geneva: Marine Debris Program (10/29/08)NEW

Marine debris milestone for AK: 1 million pounds! (.mp3, 10/24/08) NEW

Coastline a million pounds cleaner (10/25/08) NEW

Sustainable Fishing (10/8/08)

As climate warms, U.S. regulators move to close off northern fishing grounds (10/8/08)

Arctic Warming Chills Interest in Fishing (8/7/08)

Volunteer group heaps up debris from Shuyak (8/8/08)

Marine Debris in the News Kodiak non-profit takes on ocean garbage problem (7/2/08)

Sea Trash (6/22/08)

Island junkyards: Debris fouls fur seal haulouts (6/23/08)

NOAA Honors Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation for Debris Cleanups (5/20/08)

WA child's message in a bottle ends up in Alaska 21 years later (3/23/08)

Alaska residents regroup in battle against marine debris (2/1/08)

Feds may cut $7 billion in fishing grants to Alaska - Attack on coastal carnage (2/1/08)

Alaska group removes marine debris from 70 miles of shore(1/20/08)

Maintaining hope, even in November (11/27/07)

First Lady's Initiative on Marine Debris Would Support Efforts Underway in Alaska (11/7/07)

Trashed (11/1/07)

Qawalangin Tribe works to clean up beaches (9/24/07)

Taking out the trash at Gore Point (8/31/07)

Bringing in the debris (8/30/07)

Crews to clean up the dirty beaches (July 19, 2007)

My turn. Ocean litter is everyone's problem (July 9, 2007)

Sea trash piles up on peninsula beach (April 30, 2007)

‘Garbologist’ talks trash at workshop ( Feb. 21 2007)

Foundation aids beach clean-up projects (Nov. 2 2006)

Oceans of Waste (April 23, 2006)

Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas (Aug 2, 2006)

Alaska firm goes high-tech hunting for lost fishing nets (June 5, 2005)

Marine Debris

Links of Interest

Interagency Report On Marine Debris Sources, Impacts, Strategies & Recommendations (July 2008)

National Academy of Sciences. Marine Debris Will Likely Increase Without Improved Management: Report Brief, Full Report

An Aerial Survey of Marine Debris Along the Coast of Southwestern Alaska (2008)

NOAA Habitat Program

NOAA Marine Debris Program

Fur Seal Disentanglement Project

 

Marine Debris Map NEW

Report Marine Debris

Marine Mammal Stranding Event Notification Form

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Marine debris is not just an eyesore
. . . it’s a threat to fish, seabirds and marine mammals. YOU CAN HELP
by downloading and posting this poster (8.5x14) to report marine debris in Alaska.

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Thanks to NOAA for funding marine debris cleanup and cooperative research projects in Alaska.