NOAA Addresses the Marine Debris Problem

Sea Technology, Sep 2008 by Bamford, Holly A, McElwee, Kris, Morishige, Carey

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the project's partners, NCBO, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center.

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By Dr. Holly A. Bamford

Program Director

Kris McElwee

Pacific Islands Coordinator

and

Carey Morishige

Outreach Coordinator

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program

Silver Spring, Maryland

Dr. Holly A. Bamford is the program director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program. Bamford has studied in the field of coastal and ocean pollution for more than 15 years.

Kris McElwee is the Pacific Islands coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program and the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Pro-gram, on contract from I.M. Systems Croup.

Carey Morishige is the outreach coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, on contract from I.M. Systems Croup. Carey holds an M.S. in animal science and a B.A. in zoology from the University of Hawaii and has worked in Hawaii's marine conservation field for more than seven years.