Posted on November 20, 2013 by Al Bergstein
This in…be aware…
Please see attached a brief notice from NOAA’s Marine Debris Program. Beach visitors are asked to keep an eye open for tracking devices released from Japan 3 months after the earthquake and tsunami and follow guidance for reporting.
Liam Antrim
Resource Protection Specialist
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
office: 360-457-6622 x16
cell: 360-460-2530
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Posted on July 2, 2013 by Al Bergstein
More 2011 Tsunami debris arrives, it appears.
At least eight vessels suspected to be from the 2011 tsunami have now drifted into B.C. waters, everywhere from the northern tip of Haida Gwaii to Aristazabal Island and Klemtu, on the north and central coast, and to the west coast of Vancouver Island. Large amounts of debris — not even officially being tracked by the province — are also making their way to the central coast to be converted into floats by local residents. Larry Pynn reports.
The whole story is at the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japanese+tsunami+vessels+arrive+waters/8573189/story.html
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Posted on September 4, 2012 by Al Bergstein
Good to hear that Japan is going to give something back to our governments for the tsunami debris.
The Japanese government will help pay for the disposal of debris washing up on Canadian and American shores due to the catastrophic tsunami which hit the country last year, according to press reports from Tokyo. Japan does not have to take care of such debris under international law, but in a report on Monday the English-language Nikkei newspaper said officials would announce a plan to provide assistance to the U.S. and Canada later this month.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/09/03/bc-japan-pay-tsunami-debris.html
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Posted on July 16, 2012 by Al Bergstein
The Northwest Straits Foundation received $660,000 to finish the job of removing derelict fishing nets from shallow subtidal waters of Puget Sound. The Foundation estimates there are 500 shallow water derelict nets left to remove. The Foundation is aiming to complete the work by December 31, 2013. Funding comes from the US Environmental Protection Agency through the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. This funding will be combined with current and pledged funding from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board, NOAA Marine Debris Program, ConocoPhillips Migratory Bird Fund, US Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program, Lucky Seven Foundation, Tulalip Tribes and private donations.
The new funding also pays for a new response and retrieval program designed to prevent future re-accumulations of derelict nets by responding to reports of newly lost nets immediately. The Foundation will be developing this new program in close coordination with the Puget Sound fisheries co-managers.
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Posted on June 18, 2012 by Al Bergstein
Oregon state officials are spending the weekend cleaning and inspecting a 20-foot fishing boat that washed ashore near Ilwaco on Friday.
Curt Hart with Washington’s Department of Ecology says the boat is being treated as tsunami debris, pending a positive ID from the Japanese consulate. He says Fish and Wildlife workers have taken the boat close to the entrance of Cape Disappointment State Park, and have been removing and bagging as many sea animals as they can find.
http://news.opb.org/article/fishing-boat-treated-tsunami-debris/
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Posted on June 13, 2012 by Al Bergstein
Federal officials say its likely that much of the foamlike material that is littering beaches in Southwestern Washington and Oregon is some of the first debris from Japan’s calamitous 2011 tsunami to show up on U.S. shorelines.
Read the whole story:
Coastal debris comes in; cleanup alert goes out
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews 2018416994_marinedebris14m.html
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Please see attached a brief notice from NOAA’s Marine Debris Program. Beach visitors are asked to keep an eye open for tracking devices released from Japan 3 months after the earthquake and tsunami and follow guidance for reporting.