Those interested in the Bay of Fundy are invited to participate. In support of its goal to reduce marine debris, the Gulf of Maine Council provided a grant to the Coalition for Buzzards Bay to develop and post signs urging beach-goers to pick up their trash to prevent it from entering the water. The group also made free litter bags available in dispensers on the beach. Marine animals that eat trash they find in the ocean can die as a result of suffocation, starvation, poisoning, and injury. Others can become entangled in discarded nets, fishing line, plastic bags, or other material and then drown.
Marine debris is also unsightly and can endanger barefoot beach goers.