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    Coast Guard Cutter Kukui offloads 10,000 pounds of marine debris [Image 5 of 6]

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    U.S. Coast Guard personnel are working on the deck of a vessel, sorting and handling large quantities of recovered marine debris including fishing nets, ropes, chains, and buoys. The crew members are wearing standard safety gear including blue and green hard hats, orange life vests, and navy uniforms. This appears to be a marine debris recovery or ghost gear retrieval operation.

    HONOLULU, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

    09.09.2014

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie 

    U.S. Coast Guard Oceania

    Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Kukui, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, offload approximately 10,000 pounds of marine debris at Coast Guard Base Honolulu Sept. 9, 2014. Kukui assisted in the removal of debris collected from Kure Atoll by transporting it to Honolulu where it may be disposed of properly. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa E. McKenzie)

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    Date Taken: 09.09.2014
    Date Posted: 09.09.2014 20:44
    Photo ID: 1541487
    VIRIN: 140909-G-MT091-005
    Resolution: 7360x4912
    Size: 21.78 MB
    Location: HONOLULU, HAWAII, US
    Web Views: 164
    Downloads: 5

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    A U.S. Coast Guard officer in blue uniform is being interviewed by a female reporter at a dock or port facility. A male cameraman operates a professional video camera on a tripod to capture the interview. Large vessels or ship components are visible in the background.
    A harbor or port scene showing workers in hard hats overseeing a crane operation unloading a large net filled with marine debris, including ropes, nets, and plastic waste, from a vessel onto a dock. Two workers in the foreground wearing blue hard hats and life vests observe the operation, while additional crew members are visible on the vessel. The setting appears to be a marine debris removal or ocean cleanup operation at a tropical port facility.
    A large rusty metal dumpster or skip container holds a substantial collection of marine debris, primarily consisting of discarded fishing gear and ocean waste. The contents appear to have been collected from a beach or ocean cleanup effort, featuring tangled fishing nets, ropes, floats, and various plastic items. The setting appears to be a coastal facility or port area, with tropical vegetation and buildings visible in the background.
    A U.S. Coast Guard personnel wearing a blue hard hat and orange life vest observes a large metal dumpster container filled with recovered marine debris, including fishing nets, ropes, and floats of various colors. The scene takes place at a dock or port facility where a vessel is moored alongside. This appears to be a marine debris removal or ghost gear recovery operation.
    U.S. Coast Guard personnel are working on the deck of a vessel, sorting and handling large quantities of recovered marine debris including fishing nets, ropes, chains, and buoys. The crew members are wearing standard safety gear including blue and green hard hats, orange life vests, and navy uniforms. This appears to be a marine debris recovery or ghost gear retrieval operation.
    Workers in safety gear are unloading marine debris — primarily derelict fishing nets, buoys, and ocean waste — from a vessel at a port dock using a crane and cargo net. The operation appears to be part of a marine debris removal or ocean cleanup effort. A city skyline, likely Honolulu, Hawaii, is visible in the background.

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