Beachcombers and Oceanographers International Association, Seattle, WA, USA.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2012;65(1-3):69-75. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.037. Epub 2011 Oct 19.
Two Dungeness crab trap tags and floats lost off the State of Oregon, USA during the 2006-2007 fishing season were recovered 4years later in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI): on Lisianski Island on July 15, 2010; and on Kure Atoll on December 10, 2010. This is the first documented recovery of marine debris from Oregon fisheries in the NWHI. We simulate the oceanic drift tracks of the derelict fishing gear with the Ocean Surface Current Simulator (OSCURS) model using estimated loss dates in Oregon based on interviews with the crab trap owners and known recovery sites and dates in the NWHI. These data confirm the US Pacific Northwest as a source of marine debris deposited in the NWHI and provide enhanced understanding of the oceanic drift pathways of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean.
两段在美国俄勒冈州丢失的捕蟹笼标签和浮标，于 2006-2007 年捕鱼季丢失，4 年后在西北夏威夷群岛（NWHI）被找回：2010 年 7 月 15 日在利斯基岛（Lisianski Island），2010 年 12 月 10 日在库雷环礁（Kure Atoll）。这是首次记录到在 NWHI 发现来自俄勒冈州渔业的海洋废弃物。我们使用 OSURC 模型模拟了废弃渔具的海洋漂移轨迹，该模型使用了根据对蟹笼所有者的访谈和 NWHI 已知的回收地点和日期估算的在俄勒冈州的丢失日期。这些数据证实美国太平洋西北地区是 NWHI 中海洋废弃物的来源地，并提供了对北太平洋海洋中海洋废弃物的海洋漂移路径的更深入了解。
