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Single-use plastics removed from the Great Lakes (Credit: NOAA).
The NOAA Marine Debris Program is proud to announce our FY 2022 Marine Debris Prevention notice of funding opportunity. NOAA will fund prevention projects that actively engage and educate a target audience (such as students, teachers, industries, etc.) in hands-on programs designed to raise awareness, reduce barriers to marine debris prevention, and encourage and support changes in behaviors to ensure long-term prevention of marine debris. NOAA will also fund projects in the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border regions, subject to additional eligibility criteria. Letters of Intent for this opportunity are due October 29, 2021.
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Plastic bags, fishing traps, buoys, and other debris on a New England shoreline (Credit: National Audubon Society Seabird Restoration Program).
Following a highly competitive review process, the NOAA Marine Debris Program is pleased to announce the 25 recipients of our 2021 Removal, Research, and North America Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Grant awards totaling approximately $7.3 million in federal funds. Federal funding is matched by non-federal contributions, bringing the total investment of these marine debris projects to approximately $14.7 million.
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Derelict fishing gear, such as crab traps, are an issue in many of Washington State's waterways (Credit: Makah Tribe).
The NOAA Marine Debris Program is pleased to share the 2021 Washington Marine Debris Action Plan. This document is the result of a collaborative effort between the Marine Debris Program and federal and state governments, tribes, nongovernmental organizations, industry, and academia, and represents a partner-led effort to guide marine debris actions in Washington State for the next two years.
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Download the 2022 Marine Debris Calendar on our website now! (Cover art by Jeewoo S., Grade 8, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
The NOAA Marine Debris Program is proud to announce that our 2022 Marine Debris Calendar is now available for download! This year’s calendar features artwork from thirteen students in kindergarten through eighth grade from eight states and two U.S. territories, all winners of the “Keep the Sea Free of Debris” art contest.
Feeling inspired to submit art for our next calendar? This year’s NOAA Marine Debris Program Art Contest officially opens on October 18th!
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The marine debris team with the nearly 124,000 pounds of debris removed from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Credit: NOAA).
September 22nd marked the completion of the marine debris removal mission in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The marine debris removal team arrived at Pearl Harbor aboard the charter vessel IMUA along with the nearly 124,000 pounds of marine debris they removed during their 30-day mission. Marine debris removal is of critical importance to both the natural and cultural components of the monument. The NOAA Marine Debris Program is pleased to have partnered in this collaborative undertaking.
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A researcher records data on an abandoned vessel in Dog River, Alabama (Credit: Dauphin Island Sea Lab).
The October webinar in our Salvaging Solutions to Abandoned and Derelict Vessels series is coming up! This month's Salvaging Solutions webinar will focus on discussing a policy white paper developed while establishing a new abandoned and derelict vessels program in Virginia. In addition, the NOAA Marine Debris Program will provide a brief overview of the Abandoned and Derelict Vessels Info Hub. Join us at 3:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
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