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    Notes from the field

    The Great Beach Cleanup

    2021 July 212024 July 8

    Raincoast’s Guide Outfitter Coordinator and Ship Captain, Brian Falconer shares about his experience on the Marine Debris Removal Initiative.

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    Trash Talk: How plastic is strangling our ocean

    2011 July 22024 July 8

    Pacific Yachting June 2011
    by Marianne Scott

    The mission of 3 young sailors to document plastic debris in the world’s oceans was reinforced locally with Raincoast’s most recent paper on the distribution of plastic debris on the BC coast…

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    Marine Debris in BC Coastal Waters

    2011 April 192024 July 8

    Researchers from Raincoast, the University of St. Andrews, Oceans Initiative and Environment Canada teamed up to assess the presence and potential threats from marine garbage to BC’s marine animals…

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    Ocean garbage: Floating landmines

    2011 March 212024 July 8

    By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun

    A new study found 36,000 pieces of debris along our coastline. Experts say it’s just the ‘tip of the iceberg’

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