The island of Niihau had the most debris, with officials finding 7,871 pieces, 46 percent of it plastic. Aerial surveys of Hawaii’s coastlines have found thousands of pieces of debris, much of it plastic, and a small amount of debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan, the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has announced. Related: Sunken American WWII torpedo bomber discovered in Pacific“This survey found a very limited amount of debris associated with the Japan tsunami,” Suzanne Case, the DLNR chair, said in the statement. The 2011 magnitude-9.0 earthquake off the coast of northern Japan unleashed a massive tsunami. The surveys of the beaches were carried out from August to November of last year, and were funded by Japan’s environment ministry.

Source: Fox News June 03, 2016 14:48 UTC