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NOAA MDP funds 11 community-based marine debris removal projects

September 18, 2014

By: NOAA Marine Debris Program staff

The NOAA Marine Debris Program awarded $1,275,000 through NOAA?s
Restoration Center to groups across the country to support
locally-driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal
projects. Eleven groups received funding to remove derelict vessels,
trash, debris from natural disasters, derelict fishing gear, and other
harmful marine debris from shorelines and coastal waters. Through this
grant program, NOAA has funded 87 marine debris removal projects and
removed more than 4,800 metric tons of marine debris from our oceans
since 2006.