Marine Project Earns Cash Award
May 23, 2007
Ken La Valley, UNH Cooperative Extension assistant professor/specialist,
Commercial Fisheries Technology Transfer, is the recipient of an $82,877
award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
for the project, “Marine Debris from Land to Sea: Holistic Characterization,
Reduction and Education Efforts in New Hampshire."
La Valley will serve as co-principal investigator with Jenna Jambeck,
research assistant professor of environmental engineering. Partners include
Shane Bradt, Extension specialist, Geospatial Technologies, the Blue Ocean
Society for Marine Conservation and Extension's Technology Group.
This project will take a holistic approach to marine debris identification,
monitoring and mitigation, by tracking marine debris. The objectives are
to better characterize ocean-based debris sources and distribution patterns
with the help of recreational and commercial fishermen and to develop a
web-based data input and reporting system. Again using recreational divers,
the project will look at how to implement a unique underwater cleanup program,
by continuing to investigate the prevalence of land-based debris sources,
and mitigate the problem through education and outreach in the industry
and community.
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