A derelict boat is shown on the Beaufort waterfront in this file photo. Applicants have until Sept. 4 to submit a letter of intent for review for marine debris removal project grants. The fiscal year 2021 Marine Debris Removal grant competition is through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine…
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1M pounds of marine debris removed from NC waters
…and Carteret, Onslow, New Hanover and Brunswick counties. The crews would take small skiffs and collect the debris by hand. Each crew has picked up an average of 2,000 pounds, about a ton, of debris each day. Marine debris impacts sensitive coastal habitats, wildlife, and water quality. The debris contains…
New app catalogs marine debris, wildlife interactions
An albatross in a field of marine debris. Photo: Andy Collins/NOAA A new mobile app gives observers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia a way to document interactions between animals and marine debris. A part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, the Tangled in Trash:…
Crabbers Join Effort to Clear Marine Debris
…this time of the year. It’s the ideal time to clean up the sound, to pick up the crab pots that have drifted away from their buoys – one of the most common types of marine debris seen at the end of the season. Every year, the N.C. Division of…
Registration open for annual NC Marine Debris Symposium
…thrilled to be hosting the NC Marine Debris Symposium at the Duke University Marine Laboratory here in coastal NC. We hope that this forum will continue to lead the progress of marine debris prevention in the State of North Carolina,” said Lisa Rider, creator of the symposium and Coastal Carolina…
Marine Debris Cleanup Underway
Featured Photo This pile of marine debris has been collected since Monday from the uninhabited islands around Swansboro by a crew of commercial fishermen, boat captains and marine contractors and is being stored at Casper’s Marina in downtown Swansboro. The 2019 Post Hurricane Florence Marine Debris Collection Project, coordinated by…
Project to Remove Abandoned Boats Begins
…Administration Marine Debris Program reached the majority of the students. The hope is that the resource guide will increase that reach even more. Carteret County towns are also making a dent in the marine debris problem said Dee Smith, coordinator for Carteret Big Sweep, a year-round collaborative program between North…
Competition seeks to address marine debris challenges
Plastic debris breaks apart, not down, into microplastics, which are pieces 5 millimeters or smaller. Photo: NOAA An informational webinar about an opportunity to compete for part of $16 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for research projects to prevent and rid the coast of marine debris is…
Cleanups Net More Than 200 Tons of Debris
…Division of Marine Fisheries, which was appropriated the $400,000 by the General Assembly as part of its post-Florence disaster bill. The contracted crews that collected the debris were made up of state standard commercial fishing license resident shellfish license holders. “The marine debris that we pulled out of the marsh…
Chamber Class Joins Marine Debris Cleanup
…met the morning of Feb. 9 at the Cedar Point Recreation Area boat ramp to collect marine debris from a few nearby dredge spoils. Rachel Bisesi, coastal education coordinator with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, which publishes Coastal Review Online, said the group collected about 380 pounds of marine debris….
Marine Debris Cleanup Effort Expanded
…Atlantic Beach. Between the three locations, 138 volunteers worked to pick up more than 4,500 pounds of onshore marine debris. Commercial fishermen, like Frost, were hired by the federation to use their expertise to clean up the sounds during the fishing off-season. This year, they removed debris, mostly crab pots,…
Turtle Trash Collectors Adapt to COVID-19
…can stop marine debris,” she said. Sirak-Schaeffer explained that marine debris has major effects on all kinds of marine organisms, especially sea turtles, which can confuse plastic bags and balloons for jellyfish. The debris can end up in their system and can get stuck, making the turtle feel full so…