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Home | Emergency Responders | Marine Debris

Marine debris is any man-made object discarded, disposed of, or abandoned that enters the coastal or marine environment. It may enter directly from a ship, or indirectly when washed out to sea via rivers, streams and storm drains.

Marine debris threatens oceans and coasts; marine mammals, fish, and seabirds; human health and safety; and navigation.

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Field Tools Team: Equipping On-scene Responders and Improving Situational Awareness The Emergency Response Division’s Field Tool Team works to advance ORR on-scene response capabilities through the development of tools for data collection, synthesis, management, and sharing.

Web Portals for Emergency Responders to sites about Marine Debris Pages on our site that provide information about and access to Web sites of closely-related agencies and programs.

Marine Debris in Canada
Information and notices regarding marine debris in Canada.

NOAA's Marine Debris Program
The NOAA Marine Debris Program is undertaking a national and international effort focusing on identifying, removing, reducing, and preventing debris in the marine environment.

GHOSTNET 2005: High Seas Debris Detection and Tracking in the North Pacific
A program that uses satellite data to locate and map marine debris in the open ocean. The data gathered will be made available to aid in the removal or destruction of lost and discarded high seas driftnets (ghostnets).

Marine Debris Abatement
Sources of debris in our oceans, its hazards, and what is being done about it. Provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Current News: Emergency Responders

New MARPLOT and ALOHA Released New versions of a NOAA/EPA mapping program and chemical hazard model are now available! (updated: March 30, 2009)

NOAA Commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill On Friday, March 13, 2009 the Office of Response and Restoration held an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This NOAA Hill event focused on the progress our Nation has made in oil spill preparedness, response and restoration. (posted: March 24, 2009)

NEW CAMEO 2.0 and CAMEO Chemicals website New components of the CAMEO software suite are now available! (updated: February 12, 2009)

Of Special Note: Emergency Responders

IncidentNews News and information on current and historical incidents, including the crash of US Air flight 1549 into the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009.

An FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support A guidebook for oil and chemical spill responders, describing the products and services that the NOAA Scientific Support Team (SST) can provide to Federal On-Scene Coordinators (FOSCs).

CAMEO Chemicals Database of hazardous chemical datasheets that emergency responders and planners can use to get response recommendations and predict hazards. Available in online and downloadable versions.

CAMEO Chemicals Web Portal Use the online version of CAMEO Chemicals to search for hazardous chemical datasheets, get response recommendations, and find out how chemicals would react if they mixed.

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