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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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Sea Life Park Hawaii’s marine life; video clip by Suzanne Crews

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Surfing & whales breaching on the Big Island of Hawaii 2/06.
Enjoy !!! Gary

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On Dec. 6, a team from NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA’s Pacific Islands Regional Office, and Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources successfully freed a young humpback whale that had become dangerously entangled in rope. This video features amazing underwater shots of the yearling swimming with his mother and rescuers working to free the whale.

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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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Kekaimalu is a Wholphin born December 23, 2004 at Oahu Hawaii’s Sea Life Park. She is half false killer whale and half dolphin. Here is a site I found if you are interested in reading up in her.

http://gohawaii.about.com/od/oahuactivities/a/wholphin.htm

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Sea Life Park Hawaii’s marine life; video clip by Suzanne Crews

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