Slideshow - Marine Debris Overview

While titled, Marine Debris - Impact in the Gulf of Mexico, this (22 page) pdf/slideshow provides an excellent overview of marine debris

• definition
• impacts
• sources
• types
• characteristics - time, locations
• effect on marine life
• effect on habitat
• effect on humans

Source: NOAA - Fisheries - Southeast Regional Office

Article - Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas

Read this 2006 article by Kenneth Weiss about:

• marine debris on and around Midway Island, and its impact on albatross chicks.
• cleanup efforts re "ghost nets," tangles of abandoned fishing lines, nets and traps that snare and kill marine life.
• Charles Moore and plastic nurdles

See also: the supporting graphics which shows an animation of the Pacific gyre, and a video that follows the article.

Source: LA Times -

Video - Trashing the Ocean

Watch this short (2 and a half minute) video overview of marine debris, large and small, and the Pacific Gyre.

Source: LA Times - Altered Oceans

Game: Kure Waste Chase

Your adventure begins on Kure Atoll, the most remote of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, home to amazing wildlife but threatened by marine debris ...

Start the game - make sure to read the "how to play" for hints on winning bonus points.

Source: PBS - Ocean Adventures