Debris Brigade Blog: Plastic Free July

September 30, 2020Amy Green, Marine Debris Intern, Summer 2020 Plastic Free July 2020: wake up, coffee, Facebook post, Instagram story post, then on to the workday. As a Center for Coastal Studies Marine Debris intern, I had the opportunity to share ideas on reducing...

Debris Brigade Blog: How I Got Here

August 30, 2020Amy Green, Marine Debris Intern, Summer 2020 I still remember the first time I saw the ocean. I was nine years old, and my jaw dropped as I stared out at the endless horizon. Growing up in Minneapolis, lakes surrounded us, but the closest I had come to...

Debris Brigade Blog: Day One – Field Work

Day One – Field Work March 11, 2020 – Owen Nichols, Director, Marine Fisheries Research; Co-Principal Investigator The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), accompanied by Wellfleet Shellfish Department staff, conducted a side-scan sonar survey in Wellfleet Harbor on...

Debris Brigade Blog: Day Zero

January 16, 2020 – DAY ZERO Caroline Howlett, Research Documentation Ed. Note: On January 16, 2020, the Center for Coastal Studies hosted a meeting for all participants in the NFWF Fishing for Energy project called “Removing and Intercepting DFG [derelict fishing...