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Heading to Dry Land: Lisianski Island

October 12, 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 6

We?re leaving Pearl and Hermes Atoll for the day and heading over to
Lisianski Island to pick up derelict nets on the shoreline. Nets are
still an entanglement hazard for the Monument?s wildlife even when
they?re on land; it?s not uncommon to see a Hawaiian monk seal lounging
on a large pile of them.