“In one cleanup, with a crew of about 10 people on St. Paul Island, in any given year, we can pull about 20,000 or more pounds of debris in a week off of our shorelines,” said Lauren Divine of the Ecosystem Conservation Office on St. Paul Island.
Dr. Lauren Divine, Director of Ecosystem Conservation Office, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Governement, talks about ocean conservancy and marine debris in rural communities during the Arctic Encounter Symposium event Friday, March 31, 2023.
Marine debris is a never-ending problem for coastal communities like hers. Divine spoke at a marine debris panel at the Arctic Encounter conference in Anchorage last week. The trash piling up on rural beaches isn’t local, Divine and Ivanoff explained. Divine said the majority of debris that washes ashore is fishing-related — often big, heavy pieces of gear.
There’s also not a clear way to hold anyone responsible for the trash that washes up onshore, the panelists said. NOAA fisheries biologist Erika Ammann said as shipping traffic increases off Alaska’s coasts and the mariculture industry expands, the focus should be on preventing marine debris at its source.
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