You may think it's odd to see ODA volunteers cleaning highway trash but it makes perfect sense because that debris will eventually make its way into coastal waters AND we also did an ocean cleanup this day!
ODA's Articles
Here we offer a variety of articles written by ODA about our activities or issues of concern.
We returned to a site that we've adopted - on the Oahu coast - to retrieve an abandonded fishing gear that had accumulated since our last visit. We can only imagine how piled up the debris would be if we had never come here! We're thankful donors' support helps us keep it clean
ODA has recovered nets on sunken boat wrecks before, our biggest haul was 1800 pounds of squid net we took off the Infidel . The boat we just did reconnaissance on will be an even bigger challenge for various reasons...
We often have to return to certain sites because they are visited regularly by recreational fishermen whose hooks, lines, and lead weights get stuck on corals…
Our crews pulled together, determined to finish the job at this Kaneohe Bay site for the 5th time and continue to improve the area…
The rains in Southern California have washed a lot of plastic and trash down inland waterways and to the beaches. Our energetic volunteers stopped almost 500 lbs of trash from going in the ocean...
This would have been our tenth cleanup at this Big Island boat harbor. We’ve removed tons of debris, and want to keep it clean…
We love everything about the ocean! It gives us the vital oxygen we need to live, it gives us beauty, it is home to untold number of beautiful flora and fauna. We have a million reasons to keep removing debris!
