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The Pacific Ocean, and every ocean for that matter, is filled with floating trash. Trash from careless people, trash from material washed overboard in storms, and derelict (lost/abandoned) fishing gear.
I just saw this article on the NOAA website. It's about the NOAA Fisheries program to remove this debris from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Sanctuary. This is one of (if not the) the largest protected areas in the world ocean.
The article is a little disappointing due to the amount of debris found and removed each year. However, take some time to explore the area using Google Earth. Make sure you have the Panoramio layer turned on for some amazing pictures.
Read on for more...NOAA Article - Removing Derelict Fishing Gear
Here's the homepage for the sanctuary: http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/MNM/mnm_papahanaumokuakea.html
