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Aloha from the Pacific Island's Fisheries Science Center Marine Debris Program!Twenty four metric tons of abandoned lines and ghost nets were collected fromthe waters of Laysan Island, Kure Atoll and Pearl and Hermes Atoll inhe Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) over sixteen days of field operations

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Aloha from the Pacific Island's Fisheries Science Center Marine Debris Program!Twenty four metric tons of abandoned lines and ghost nets were collected fromthe waters of Laysan Island, Kure Atoll and Pearl and Hermes Atoll inhe Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) over sixteen days of field operations.

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NOAA 200th Anniversary Postcards from the Field

Location

Hawaii, Northwest Hawaiian Islands

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NOAA People