Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation

Use this form if you found marine debris you cannot remove by yourself that is:

1) drifting in State waters or washed up on the shoreline,

2) removed from the water and is secured on land, or

3) so large or heavy that you need DLNR’s help to remove it.

Please note: information you submit through this form is shared between divisions within DLNR, researchers at the University of Hawaii, NOAA, Non-Government Organizations and other agencies that manage marine debris and Aquatic Invasive Species.  Your contact information is kept confidential.   

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Marine Debris Response and Removal Reporting Form

By filling out and submitting this form, multiple divisions in DLNR will receive your report. Fields with an asterisk (*) are required.

• I FOUND/LOCATED THE FOLLOWING*
  • A mass of netting and/or fishing gear
  • An abandoned/derelict boat
  • A container/drum/cylinder
  • A large concentration of plastics
  • Potential Japan tsunami marine debris
  • A large concentration of miscellaneous trash
  • Other - describe below
• ENTER MY OWN DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF DEBRIS FOUND AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REMOVE IT (for example, a large section of a dock or a shipping container requiring a crane to remove, a wooden beam 10' long that would require 3-4 people to lift, etc.)
• Did you find a container, a drum, or cylinder? If yes, how full is it?
  Did not find a container/drum/cylinder.FullPartially filledEmpty
• Did you find a boat? If yes, do you want to claim it for personal use?*
  • No
  • Yes
• On a scale of one to ten (one represents no marine growth and ten represents significant marine life covering all submerged surfaces) how much biofouling is on the item you found?*
  1- no algae or marine life at all23456- patches of dense algae and presence of barnacle colonies78910- abundant, healthy growth of algae and barnacles covering submerged areas
• THIS DEBRIS IS LOCATED*
  • At sea, BEYOND three miles from nearest land
  • At sea, WITHIN three miles of nearest land
  • In the shore break
  • On the beach BELOW the high wash of the waves
  • On the beach ABOVE the high wash of the waves
  • None of the above, a description follows bellow
• If located offshore, enter latitude and longitude (i.e. 21.3161 -157.8906) or provide a position description and any information on currents and winds that could help in relocating the debris.
• If on land or in the nearshore waters - indicate which island*
  Big IslandKauaiLanaiMauiMolokaiOahu
• Nearest town, street address, nearby landmarks*
• Where is the debris situated in relation to the landmark you provided (i.e. 200 feet north, etc.)
• THE DEBRIS IS BEST DESCRIBED AS:*
  • caught on the reef or is partially buried in sand
  • loose in the shore break or on the shoreline and could go back out to sea
  • trapped in a tide pool and cannot escape
  • loose on the shore but caught in the vegetation line
  • tied to a fixed object so it cannot be swept away
  • pushed inland above the high wash of the waves so it cannot be swept away
  • Other - please explain how urgent recovery/removal is
• ENTER MY OWN DESCRIPTION
• IF YOU CAN TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH, PLEASE TURN ON THE LOCATOR/GPS OF YOUR DEVICE, TAKE THE PICTURE AND ATTACH IT (Six image/30MB maximum)
  Drop files here or Select files

  Max. file size: 30 MB, Max. files: 8.
• YOUR LAST NAME*
• YOUR FIRST NAME*
• YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS*
• CONFIRM E-MAIL ADDRESS*
• YOUR MAILING ADDRESS (OPTIONAL)
• YOUR CITY (OPTIONAL)
• YOUR STATE (OPTIONAL)
• YOUR ZIP CODE (OPTIONAL)
• YOUR PHONE NUMBER (with area code)*
• Captcha
• Comments
  This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

MAHALO!

TO REPORT MARINE ANIMALS THAT ARE ENTANGLED IN DEBRIS – CALL NOAA IMMEDIATELY AT 1-888-256-9840 (round the clock hotline).

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