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Marine Debris Divers Find Potential Tsunami Debris in Pearl and Hermes Atoll

October 14, 2014 by NOAA Marine Debris Program

Two Marine Debris Program staffers are participating in NOAA?s annual
mission to remove derelict nets and other marine debris from sensitive
coral reefs and shorelines in Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National
Monument, one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. An
estimated 52 tons of derelict fishing gear washes up in the Monument
each year, threatening the pristine ecosystem. Follow their journey.

By: Dianna Parker

Mission Log 7

A few days into operations at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, the marine debris
divers stumbled across three fishing boats from Japan. Similar boats
that were torn away from Japan during the 2011 tsunami have turned up in
Hawaii, the West Coast of the United States, and Canada over the past
three years.