links

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION
Annual coastal clean-up on California beaches.
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE
Many programs worldwide, including All One Ocean and Plastic Pollution Coalition
THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
Protecting Laysan Albatross and Plastics Reduction
NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Multi-Agency Education Project
INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT
A Project of Earth Island Institute working to protect marine life.
PROJECT KAISEI
Capturing The Plastic Vortex
THE CLEAN OCEANS PROJECT
An Ocean Free of Plastic Pollution
OCEANS VOYAGES INSTITUTE
Working on solutions to remove accumulated human generated debris from our ocean.
THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
Rescue and Rehabilitation of Sick and Injured Marine Mammals

related videos 

Whale dies from eating plastic

Dolphin and plastic bag

Plastic Bags in the Marine Environment (Hawaii and UK)
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Video of removal of packing strap around sea lion’s neck

Saving Valentina: With only a small knife on hand, people work hard to free a whale trapped in fishing net. See the whale’s response!
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blogs and articles

THE COASTODIAN
http://www.coastodian.org

GUARDIAN
EU to pay fishing fleets to fish for trash

SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
Find a Chapter near you
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Japanese tsunami debris arriving in Hawaii and US West Coast

THE WEEK, MAY 11, 2012
“About 1 in 10 fish in the Pacific are found to have bits of plastic in their stomachs, and the pollution predicament is only getting worse…”

Photo by Chris Jordan

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