Bering Strait Communities Awash in Russian Marine Debris this Summer
Residents of at least five different communities in the Bering Strait region — Diomede, Wales, Shishmaref, Gambell, Savoonga, Unalakleet, and Nome — are cleaning up unusually high amounts of marine debris and trash, found along the usually pristine waters and beaches of Western Alaska.
KNOM radio station reported a number of individuals and families who have been collecting the trash along beaches where they would otherwise gather subsistence food, and of communities asking for help from the U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA Fisheries.
Robb Kaler, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and ...
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Bering Strait Communities Awash in Russian Marine Debris this Summer
Residents of at least five different communities in the Bering Strait region — Diomede, Wales, Shishmaref, Gambell, Savoonga, Unalakleet, and Nome — are cleaning up unusually high amounts of marine debris and trash, found along the usually pristine waters and beaches of Western Alaska.
KNOM radio station reported a number of individuals and families who have been collecting the trash along beaches where they would otherwise gather subsistence food, and of communities asking for help from the U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA Fisheries.
Robb Kaler, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and ...
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