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Title
Marine Debris Emergency Response Planning in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico
Title (original)
Marine Debris Emergency Response Planning in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico
Description
This document is a response to the need identified by Gulf region stakeholders. Its goal is to assist in the planning, assessment, removal, and disposal or recycling of marine debris. It provides guidelines, information, and resources to deal with marine debris dispersion in marine areas outside of major shipping channels, and it incorporates experience and lessons learned from the post-Katrina and Rita marine debris survey and removal efforts. The document does not attempt to provide a fully detailed plan nor serve as a regulatory requirement. Rather, it is a simple, informal, and hopefully useful tool to assist managers at the Federal, State, and local levels to be better prepared to deal with marine debris the next time a powerful storm creates a major marine debris problem.
Authors
Nir Barnea, Jacqui Michel, Brendan Bray, Zachary Nixon, Gretchen Imahori, and Crescent Moegling
Publication year
2009
Resource type
Reports
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Waste prevention & management from land-based sources
Cleaning the marine environment
Monitoring of marine litter
Modelling marine litter
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1

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