MCA Foundation

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"

2009
Prince of Wales/Craig NEW
Prince William Sound NEW
Biorka Island & Sitka Area NEW
St. Paul Island NEW

2008-7 Marine Debris Cleanup

2008-6 Marine Debris Cleanup

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 MEDIA

Grant aids efforts to reduce marine debris (9/2/09) NEW

Pribilof Canyon mapping to aid fishermen, communities (8/11/09) NEW

NOAA awards $1 million for Alaska beach cleanup (7/16/09) NEW

Stimulus money funds fisheries projects (Coast Alaska Audio) (7/2/09)

Marine Debris in Alaska: Coordinating Our Efforts (2008)

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

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

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

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)

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

Gastineau Guiding Survey NEW

Report Marine Debris

Marine Mammal Stranding Event Notification Form

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Download Alaska Marine
Debris Poster (.pdf)

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.

To receive a copy in the mail contact adminmca@ak.net.