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DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: June 3, 2021 NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR  (HONOLULU)

Home » Latest News, Newsroom » DLNR NEWS RELEASE: NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR DLNR NEWS RELEASE: NEW HOTLINE ESTABLISHED TO REPORT DERELICT FISHING GEAR Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom (HONOLULU) – The State and four non-profit organizations have teamed up to create a new statewide number to report marine debris. Derelict fishing gear, like nets, is responsible for entangling marine life like turtles and humpback whales. Kristen Kelly with the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) Protected Species Program explained, “The idea is to have peo...

Plastics in the Environment – Author Perspectives – Part 1 of 2 Marine debris that was washed ashore covers a beach on Laysan Island in the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. (Susan White/USFWS) In 2020, PLOS ONE published a Collection of research entitled Plastics in the Environment, submitted to a Call for Papers on this important topic. A year later, we are checking in with some of the authors who are a part of this collection, to hear their thoughts on where this research field is headed, and what all of us can do to support their work. They discuss their motivations for going...

Martha McCoy Share: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, and the tsunami that subsequently struck Japan caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. This natural disaster resulted in approximately 16,000 deaths, hundreds of thousands of evacuees, and vast devastation to buildings and infrastructure. In addition to this human loss and suffering, the tsunami substantially exacerbated a global pollution problem that threatens wildlife, the environment, the economy, navigation safety, and potentially human health: marine debris. The tsunami carried ...

European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch a million-dollar mission in an attempt to lessen space debris floating in low Earth orbit. The project, named ClearSpace-1, will launch an experimental four-armed robot to the low Earth orbit that will attempt to collect a piece of space debris. The mission, which is set to launch in 2025, is estimated to cost around $133 million. According to the ESA, the first target of the ClearSpace-1 mission is Vespa, a piece of debris that came from the ESA’s Vega launcher in 2013. The Vespa only weighs around 100 kilograms, making it a perfect first m...