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The Nature Conservancy’s Hawaii Chapter and its partners removed more than 46,000 pounds of marine debris from Molokai’s remote beaches at Mo’omomi in the last quarter of 2020.
“We started cleaning the beaches more than 20 years ago,” said Wailana Moses, Molokai field coordinator for The Nature Conservancy. “This year, we were still able to remove a lot of marine debris in spite of COVID-19, thanks to our partners and community pulling together and doing the work in a safe, physically distant way.”
The conservancy’s Mo’omomi Preserve and its adjoining beaches are home to rich coastal marine life, culturally important fishing grounds and some of the most important green sea turtle nesting habitats in the main Hawaiian Islands. Mo’omomi’s beaches are also a “hot spot” where thousands of pounds of marine debris, such as commercial fishing nets and plastic waste, wash in from all over the Pacific every year.
Trash by the Ton Cleared Off Remote Hawaiian Beaches
KAUNAKAKAI, Moloka’i, Hawaii, January 13, 2021 (ENS) – In the Hawaiian Islands, the past year was plagued with travel and gathering limitations due to COVID-19, yet The Nature Conservancy’s Hawaii Chapter and partners were able to remove more than 46,000 pounds of marine debris from Moloka’i’s remote beaches in the last quarter of 2020 alone.
Map of the Hawaiian Islands (Map courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
On the island of Moloka’i, smallest and most remote of the main Hawaiian islands, The Nature Conservancy Hawaii’s Mo‘omomi Preserve and its adjoining beaches are home to rich coastal marine life, culturally-important fishing grounds on which local families rely, and some of Hawaii’s most important nesting habitat for endangered green sea turtles.