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ASSOCIATED PRESS/NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Marine debris on Kamilo Beach on the Island of Hawaii in September 2007 illustrates a problem encountered across the Hawaiian archipelago. At top, a diver from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration helps disentangle an endangered Hawaiian monk seal from discarded fishing nets off the northwestern Hawaiian islands. At left, a NOAA diver swims around a mass of net, which often snags on reefs and can weigh hundreds of pounds. Above that, a green turtle is entangled in nets.