NOAA’s Marine Debris Program announced today that it provided $967,000 through NOAA’s Restoration Center to support locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal projects. Eleven groups across the country received funding to remove derelict fishing nets, litter, lumber, tires and other harmful marine debris from shorelines and coastal waters.
![Marine debris is considered anything that does not naturally belong in the water. It includes plastics and lost or abandon fishing gear. (Image credit: NOAA) Marine debris is considered anything that does not naturally belong in the water. It includes plastics and lost or abandon fishing gear.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20Marine%20Debris%20Samples%20-%202014%20-%201120x534%20-%20Landscape.jpg?itok=oF_hJI19)
Marine debris is considered anything that does not naturally belong in the water. It includes plastics and lost or abandon fishing gear. (Image credit: NOAA)