Fishing for Litter in the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion (Mediterranean Sea): Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Ronchi, Francesca; Galgani, François; Binda, Flavia; Mandić, Milica; Peterlin, Monika; Tutman, Pero; Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini; Fortibuoni, Tomaso

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.11.041

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“…For instance, in the fishing for litter scheme, fishermen land marine litter trapped in their nets. This initiative is being applied increasingly in several countries due to the promotion of European directives, international strategies and conventions (OSPAR 2007b, Ronchi et al 2018). Among other measures, fishermen are provided with large, hardwearing bags to accumulate the marine litter, and facilities are offered in ports for the fishermen to deposit the litter at no cost.…”

Section: Sources For Marine Littermentioning

confidence: 99%

Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)

García‐Alegre¹,

Román-Marcote²,

Gago³

et al. 2020

Sci. Mar.

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Seabed litter of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic Ocean) was analysed and described using data from the EU-Spain groundfish survey (2006-2017 period). This study presents baseline information on seabed litter in this area. The Flemish Pass is located in areas beyond national jurisdiction within the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Regulatory Area Division 3L. A total of 1169 valid bottom trawl hauls were analysed (104-1478 m depth). Litter was found in 8.3% of the hauls, with mean densities of 1.4±0.2 items km -2 and 10.6±5.2 kg km -2 . An increasing pattern with depth was found, the highest densities of seabed litter being identified in the deepest areas located in the Flemish Pass channel and down the northeastern flank of the Grand Bank. Fishing was found to be the main source of marine litter, and 61.9% of the hauls with litter presence showed litter included in the fisheries-related litter category. Whereas in most cases the litter was composed of small fragments of rope, in other cases it was composed of entire fishing gears such as traps. Plastics, metal and other anthropogenic litter were the next most abundant categories, accounting for 18.6%, 16.5% and 12.4% of the total, respectively. Distribución de la basura en los fondos de alta mar en el área de Flemish Pass (Atlántico Noroccidental)Resumen: La basura en los fondos marinos del área de Flemish Pass (Océano Atlántico Noroeste) ha sido analizada y descrita utilizando datos de las campañas demersales de EU-España (período 2006-2017. Este estudio presenta información de referencia sobre la basura en los fondos marinos de esta área. Flemish Pass está localizado en áreas más allá de las jurisdicciones nacionales dentro del Área Reguladora de la Organización para las Pesquerías del Atlántico Noroccidental División 3L. Se han analizado un total de 1169 lances de arrastre de fondo válidos (104-1478 m de profundidad). Se ha encontrado basura en el 8.3% de los lances con densidades medias de 1.4±0.2 ítems km -2 y 10.6±5.2 kg km -2 . Se ha hallado un patrón de aumento con la profundidad, identificándose densidades mayores de basura marina en las áreas más profundas ubicadas en el canal Flemish Pass y en el flanco noreste del Gran Banco. Se ha descubierto que la pesca es la principal fuente de basura marina, el 61.9% de los lances con presencia de basura mostraron desechos incluidos en la categoría de basura relacionada con la actividad pesquera. Mientras que en la mayoría de los casos la basura estaba compuesta por pequeños fragmentos de cabo, en otros casos estaba compuesta por aparejos como nasas. Posteriormente, los plásticos, el metal y otros desechos antropogénicos fueron las categorías más abundantes, con 18.6%, 16.5% y 12.4%, respectivamente.Palabras clave: basura marina; basura en los fondos marinos; pesca; Flemish Pass; Atlántico Noroeste. Citation/Como citar este artículo: García-Alegre A., Román-Marcote E., Gago J., González-Nuevo G., Sacau M., Durán Muñoz P. 2020. Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW At...

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Section: Sources For Marine Littermentioning

confidence: 99%

Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)

García‐Alegre¹,

Román-Marcote²,

Gago³

et al. 2020

Sci. Mar.

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“…Fishermen, as key stakeholders, have been shown to play an important role for the collection of marine litter through the implementation of Fishing for Litter (FfL) activities. These are clean-up actions aimed both at removing litter from the seafloor using fishing vessels and at increasing the awareness of the fishery sector toward the marine litter issue (Ronchi et al, 2019). These FfL schemes are so important that the legislation supports them explicitly (see Table 1).…”

Section: Removal Of Seafloor Marine Littermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Later on, other FfL campaigns were organized in other Northern European Countries (Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark. Norway, and Germany), South Korea, the North East Atlantic (OSPAR region), and the Baltic Sea (Ronchi et al, 2019). In the Mediterranean region a number of FfL initiatives were carried out in the framework of EU funded projects such as: DeFishGear 1 , ML Repair 2 , Plastic Busters 3 , and Clean Sea LIFE 4 .…”

Section: Removal Of Seafloor Marine Littermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Removal strategies are curative measures and have always to be considered less effective than avoiding debris dispersal into the marine environment. The long-term efficacy of clean-up campaigns is not always guaranteed by the lack of legislative, economic, and infrastructural tools (Ronchi et al, 2019). However, the information they provide on marine litter sources, amounts, and impacts can be used to develop preventive measures (Richardson et al, 2019).…”

Section: Removal Of Seafloor Marine Littermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, promoting the participation and the active involvement of both fishermen and aquaculture farmers in the fishing waste management process is a prerequisite not only for the long-term prevention of ghost nets and other marine litter but also for optimizing the recovery of discarded fishing nets and the other marine waste (Ronchi et al, 2019).…”

Section: Planning Stakeholder Engagement Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fishing for Litter in the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion (Mediterranean Sea): Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Cited by 49 publications

References 34 publications

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