Marine Debris in Alaska

Published: Nov. 16, 2017, 1:25 p.m.

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This vessel, the F/V Ocean Clipper went aground on Alaska\'s St. Paul Island in the late 1980s.

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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, our latest podcast highlights NOAA efforts in partnership with native communities in Alaska to restore and protect precious ocean resources. In this episode, we learn just how challenging the issue of marine debris can be in the vast wilderness of Alaska, how the NOAA Marine Debris program is working to solve this problem, and how the key to beating this issue is in the innovation and ingenuity of the community working to address it.

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