Report Marine Debris

TO REPORT MARINE ANIMALS THAT ARE ENTANGLED IN DEBRIS, CALL NOAA IMMEDIATELY AT 1-888-256-9840 (round-the-clock hotline)

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Use this form if you found marine debris you cannot remove by yourself that is:

1) Drifting in State waters or washed up on the shoreline,

2) Removed from the water and is secured on land, or

3) So large or heavy that you need DLNR’s help to remove it.

Note: Information you submit through this form is shared between divisions within DLNR, researchers at the University of Hawaii, NOAA, Non-Government Organizations and other agencies that manage marine debris and aquatic invasive species. Your contact information is kept confidential.

Response and Removal Reporting Form

By filling out and submitting this form, multiple divisions in DLNR will receive your report. Fields with an asterisk (*) are required.

1) I FOUND/LOCATED THE FOLLOWING*

A mass of netting and/or fishing gear

An abandoned/derelict boat

A container/drum/cylinder

A large concentration of plastics

Potential Japan tsunami marine debris

A large concentration of miscellaneous trash

Other - describe below

ENTER DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF DEBRIS FOUND AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REMOVE IT (for example, a large section of a dock or a shipping container requiring a crane to remove, a wooden beam 10’ long that would require 3-4 people to lift, etc.)

On a scale of one to ten (one represents no marine growth and ten represents significant marine life covering all submerged surfaces) how much biofouling is on the item you found?*

THIS DEBRIS IS LOCATED*

At sea, BEYOND three miles from nearest land

At sea, WITHIN three miles of nearest land

In the shore break

On the beach BELOW the high wash of the waves

On the beach ABOVE the high wash of the waves

None of the above, a description follows below

Please provide a position description and any information on currents and winds that could help in relocating the debris.

3) THE DEBRIS IS BEST DESCRIBED AS:*

Caught on the reef or is partially buried in sand

Loose in the shore break or on the shoreline and could go back out to sea

Trapped in a tide pool and cannot escape

Loose on the shore but caught in the vegetation line

Tied to a fixed object so it cannot be swept away

Pushed inland above the high wash of the waves so it cannot be swept away

Other - please explain how urgent recovery/removal is

ENTER MY OWN DESCRIPTION

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