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Hi-resolution video also available for download at http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/projects/himdap.html

NOAA and several partners in Hawaii announced a comprehensive long-term plan to actively assess and remove plastics, derelict fishing gear, and other human sources of marine debris from coastal waters and coral reefs along the island chain. The plan, a first of its kind for the nation, will be instrumental in protecting the states coastal communities and marine life from the thousands of pounds of marine debris that wash ashore each year.

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This is a brief look into the September 2009 field efforts of NOAA’s marine debris removal squad. Places visited include Maro Reef, Laysan Island, Lisianski Island, Kure Atoll, and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, all of which are small uninhabited islands in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument.

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