Yellow Thing

Yellow Thing

The Yellow Thing is a double-hulled floating vessel (like a catamaran), used by Greenpeace to sample marine debris. As of 2006, its primary mission is to be used as a trawl for plastic samples in areas such as the Mediterranean Sea and the North Pacific Gyre. It is not self-powered, rather it is towed via a ship-attached boom (as of 3-2006, it was being used on the MV Esperanza). It is also considered to be relatively stable as a marine vehicle.

References

* [http://weblog.greenpeace.org/oceandefenders/archive/2006/03/marine_debris_sampler.html "What is the Yellow Thing?"]
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061105/sc_nm/environment_plastic_dc Reuters report on Greenpeace trawling study]


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