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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Funding opportunity for marine debris removal projects!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Demi Fox - NOAA Federal <<a href="mailto:demi.fox@noaa.gov">demi.fox@noaa.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 2, 2026 12:14 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Ocean Conservancy Requests Applications for Large Marine Debris Removal Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Ocean Conservancy, with support provided by a 2024 award from the NOAA Marine Debris Program, requests applications for their Large Marine Debris Removal Project for the removal
of large marine debris, including derelict fishing gear, from remote and hard-to-reach marine environments. Successful projects will remove, prevent, and monitor large marine debris and derelict fishing gear that is too difficult to remove by hand due to its
size, volume, or location.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Applications are due on May 31, 2026 by 5:00 PM ET.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"> Learn more on Ocean Conservancy’s Large Marine
Debris Removal Project’s </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/oceanconservancy.org/work/plastics/cleanups-icc/large-marine-debris-removal-project/__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!KETmIh34ZcSYSN88kgSOsIKObEHk-lP9PKwAt8h6hmfGkEBVjeakIn2QgZYER_Rrwdhdk1HGSXPTyJIjGPJgpxxjmTxNkudme-OF$"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">website</span>
[oceanconservancy.org]</a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Demi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Demi Fox</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Northeast Regional Coordinator</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">NOAA Marine Debris Program</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">978-281-9136</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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