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A comprehensive list of known articles about the Northwest Straits Initiative's derelict fishing gear removal program is available here.
Click here to read a May 18, 2010 USA Today story about the project.
Click here to watch the NBC Nightly News coverage of the derelict gear removal project, aired September 29, 2009. To view additional footage of NBC correspondent Lee Cowan’s visit to the derelict gear team, click here.
Click here to view the KOMO TV report that was aired on April 25, 2010
Click here to read an August 24, 2009 New York Times article about this project.
Click here to read the NOAA Marine Debris blog.
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative, authorized by Congress, is nationally recognized as an innovative approach to bring sound science and an ecosystem perspective together with citizen energy and entrepreneurship. The Northwest Straits Foundation is a non-profit organization established to support the scientific, restoration, and education projects and programs of the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative.