Here we offer a variety of articles written by ODA about our activities or issues of concern.
Rain washes trash from inland to the ocean.
Help us STOP IT from getting there!
Join Captain Kurt and other ocean defenders like you to clean Seal Beach in Southern California - Sunday, December 16th at 9:30am. Visit this webpage or email
Shocking is the word.
Crab traps everywhere! No wonder whales get entangled.
We're on mission to do something about it and you can join us! Read Captain Kurt's story about their recent Trap Trackers outing and flight...
Trap Trackers strike again!
ODA tackles the issue of whale entanglement from multiple facets. On the "frontend", we record the location of traps to fight to get them set farther apart to allow whales to pass between the lines. On the "backend", we remove illegal and abandoned traps.
Check out the outing and Track Traps with us...
Murky fog did its best to obstruct our view, but it could not stop our determined ghost-gear-removing volunteers!
You’ll be impressed with the huge haul they managed to get.
Check it out!
Come see Captain Kurt give a presentation at Burroughs Nature Club.
He will talk about the problems of ghost fishing gear and what Ocean Defenders Alliance is doing about it.
Visit this link to learn more about the event. Hope to see you there!
Read more: Captain Kurt to Give Talk at Burroughs Nature Club
We're thankful to have Captain Dave Merrill "at the wheel"
He navigated the LegaSea to a location where our crew could remove hundreds of pounds of abandoned gill and squid net.
See what this 14-person crew dragged out of the sea!
What an amazing team of Ocean Defenders on the Big Island!
5,000 pounds of debris removed in less that thow hours! Can you believe it?!
We'll be back to do it again. This is just the first of our new quarterly cleanups at Honokohau Harbor. We hope you can join us on the docks or under the water...or just support us from afar! We need you!! And thank you!!!
Big Island friends!! Please join us for this awesome opportunity to defend our oceans!
We're going to start cleaning Honokohau Harbor on a monthly basis. The beautiful marine life that lives there deserves our help.
DETAILS: Saturday, September 29th at Honokohau Harbor. We need all hands on deck: 1) divers; 2) people to help onshore; 3) someone who knows first aid. Read more and see photos here.
ODA eliminates dangerous man-made debris which pose serious threats to ocean wildlife and habitats.
