Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Thursday, April 25, 2024 73° Today's Paper

Photo Galleries

47 tons of marine plastic cleared from Papahanaumokuakea

By Courtesy Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project via AP

April 22, 2021

Hawaii Photos

1/13
Swipe or click to see more
2/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATT SAUNTER, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Kevin O'Brien and Tate Wester remove a boatload of fishing nets from Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
3/13
Swipe or click to see more

KEVIN O'BRIEN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Workers with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project remove fishing nets and plastic from the shoreline of Lisianski Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
4/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATT SAUNTER, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Joao Garriques, left, and Matthew Chauvin load fishing nets onto a ship near Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
5/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Workers with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project push small boats loaded with fishing nets and plastic off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
6/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

A Laysan albatross chick nests next to a surfboard that washed ashore on Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
7/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Workers with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project drag fishing nets off the beach of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
8/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

A female endangered Hawaiian monk seal is entangled in derelict fishing gear on the shores of Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
9/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal rests on top of a pile of ghost nets on the windward shores of Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
10/13
Swipe or click to see more

ANDY CARRE, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Workers with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project pose on top of fishing nets and plastics collected from the the beaches of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands before offloading the marine debris in Honolulu.
11/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATT SAUNTER, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Marine debris including plastic covers the beach on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
12/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Drew McWhirter of Hawaii Pacific University's Center for Marine Debris Research watches as workers with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project load fishing nets onto a small boat on Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
13/13
Swipe or click to see more

MATTHEW CHAUVIN, PAPAHANAUMOKUEAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT VIA AP

Workers with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project load fishing nets onto a small boat on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Related Story

Expedition hauls 47.2 tons of ghost nets, plastics out of remote Hawaii atolls
Previous Gallery
Hawaiian Airlines launches service to Austin
Next Gallery
Drought conditions now cover 85% of Mexico

More Photo Galleries

Subscriber Favorites

Flip through MidWeek online

Looking Back


Honolulu Local Business Guide