School of Marine Sciences students participate in marine debris data collection

On Sunday September 17th, students in Dr. Aaron Strong’s Marine Pollution Policy course participated in a beach clean-up at Sears Island on Penobscot Bay. Like most beach clean-ups, the students and professor picked up litter and debris from the shoreline, which ranged from plastic bottles and cans to chunks of construction debris and lost fishing read more School of Marine Sciences students participate in marine debris data collection