PHR REPORT #2

Day to day routine makes it easy to become unaware of the picture of life outside of oneself. It is difficult perhaps even impossible to really understand how our decisions impact the things we do not know. How do we reconcile action if we are innately unaware of the reaction? Stepping back from the world of our own creation helps us to see the things we would otherwise overlook.
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N 27° 47’ 27”  - W 175° 49’ .05”

 2016.05.08.  Pearl & Hermes Atoll.  Southeast Island. North Plot.

1M = 3.28’ = 39.36”

 NOAA/HMSRP Marine Debris Collaboration
~37M x 20M
~121’ X 65.5’
~7,925 SQ Feet

 1,994 PIECES TOTAL MARINE DEBRIS  EQUAL TO OR LARGER THAN 1”

 PLASTIC x 1588
Fragments = > 1” x 1,058
Beverage Bottles x 63
Jugs/Containters x 7
Bottle/Container Caps x 237
Cigarette Lighters x 19
Rope/Small Net Pieces x 50
Bouys & Floats x 122
Fishing Lures and Line x 8
Personal Care Products x 15
Other x 9

 METAL x 1
Aerosol Can x 1

 GLASS x 362
Beverage bottles x 239
Jars x 31
Glass fragments x 41
Other x 51

 RUBBER x 20
Flip-Flops x 12
Rubber Fragments x 6
Other x 2

 PROCESSED LUMBER x 1
Lumber x 1

 CLOTH / FABRIC x 12
Clothing & Shoes x 9
Rope/Net Pieces x 2
Fabric Pieces x 1


LARGE DEBRIS ITEMS - LARGER THAN 12” x 10
-Hard Plastic Lid
-Long Plastic ‘Stick’
-Hard Plastic - Side of Carton
-Plastic Bucket Piece
-Plastic Shelving
-Wood Trim
-Foam End Nail Strip
-Brush Handle
-Rubber Gasket
-Plastic Basket
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NMFS Permit No. 16632-00
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