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NOAA Marine Debris Clearinghouse Program data on debris surveys and removal projects from 2005 to 2019 (NCEI Accession 0190414)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2019-06-28T00:00:00.000+00:00
This data set contains information on historical marine debris survey and removal projects of the NOAA Marine Debris Program and its many funded partners. This data reports marine debris removal survey information and efforts by location, the amounts, and types of debris removed. The Marine Debris Clearinghouse data allows users in the marine debris community to discover these projects based on the project category, location, or debris type.

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0190414 DEBRIS GPS scale in situ NOAA National Ocean Service NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Mississippi Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coastal Waters of Texas Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Philippine Sea San Diego Bay South Pacific Ocean Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Clearinghouse Marine Debris Marine Debris Locations Marine Debris Maps Marine Debris Removal Marine Debris Weight GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS Scale Survey OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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issued 2019-06-17T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2005-06-01T00:00:00+00:00/2019-06-17T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA Marine Debris Clearinghouse Program data on debris surveys and removal projects from 2005 to 2019 (NCEI Accession 0190414)

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