Litter pollution on the Jordanian shores of the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Abu-Hilal, Ahmad H.; Al-Najjar, Tariq

doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2003.12.003

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“…A few studies have reported on marine debris in the Indian Ocean (Barnes, 2004;Eriksen et al, 2014;Hoarau et al, 2014;Lavers et al, 2013;Ryan, 2008Ryan, , 2013Ryan et al, 2012;Sigler, 2014). There were also studies from the associated Red Sea (Abu-Hilal and Al-Najjar, 2004), the Gulf of Oman (Claereboudt, 2004), the Java Strait (Willoughby et al, 1997), and the Malacca Strait (Khairunnisa et al, 2012). Madzena and Lasiak (1997) on the Transkei coast of South Africa, Jayasiri et al (2013) for beaches near Mumbai, Nel and Froneman, (2015) on the south east coast of South Africa, and Duhec et al (2015) from Seychelles published the only studies we could find that quantified beached debris in the Indian Ocean proper.…”

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“…all play a role from global to very small scales (e.g. Abu-Hilal and Al-Najjar, 2004;Browne et al, 2010;Cunningham and Wilson, Duhec et al, 2015;Goldstein et al, 2013;Isobe et al, 2014;Lebreton et al, 2012;Leite et al, 2014;Poeta et al, 2014;Ryan, 2013;Titmus and Hyrenbach, 2011;Turra et al, 2014). These influences may affect debris deposition even at remote beaches, and therefore also on their management.…”

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The flip-or-flop boutique: Marine debris on the shores of St Brandon's rock, an isolated tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean

Bouwman

Evans

Cole

et al. 2016

Marine Environmental Research

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Highlights• Marine debris was studied on 15 islets of St. Brandon's Rock, Indian Ocean • Plastics made up 79% of 50 000 debris items at 0.74 items m -1 shore length Intact CFLs suggests product-facilitated long-range transport of mercury. We suspect that aggregated marine debris, scavenged by the islands from currents and gyres, could re-concentrate pollutants. SBR islets accumulated debris types in different proportions suggesting that many factors act variably on different debris types. Regular cleaning of selected islets will take care of most of the accumulated debris and may improve the ecology and tourism potential. However, arrangements and logistics require more study.

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The flip-or-flop boutique: Marine debris on the shores of St Brandon's rock, an isolated tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean

Bouwman

Evans

Cole

et al. 2016

Marine Environmental Research

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“…As is common when using the CCI method, the area of the beach surveyed at each site changed somewhat each time surveying was conducted, mostly as a result of changes in tide. The minimum size restriction for plastic litter counted (2 cm) is in keeping with recommendation for litter monitoring as presented in Alkalay et al (2007) and Abu-Hilal and Al-Najjar (2004). Also, this minimal size was adhered to in order to avoid the need for additional micro-plastic measuring methods which must be applied for ''small" litter items (i.e., <2 cm).…”

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Marine litter from beach-based sources: Case study of an Eastern Mediterranean coastal town

Portman

Brennan

2017

Waste Management

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Marine litter has been a serious and growing problem for some decades now. Yet, there is still much speculation among researchers, policy makers and planners about how to tackle marine litter from land-based sources. This paper provides insights into approaches for managing marine litter by reporting and analyzing survey results of litter dispersal and makeup from three areas along an Arab-Israeli coastal town in view of other recent studies conducted around the Mediterranean Sea. Based on our results and analysis, we posit that bathing beach activities should be a high priority for waste managers as a point of intervention and beach-goers must be encouraged to take a more active role in keeping beaches clean. Further, plastic fragments on the beach should be targeted as a first priority for prevention (and cleanup) of marine litter with plastic bottle caps being a high priority to be targeted among plastics. More survey research is needed on non-plastic litter composition for which amounts and geographic dispersal in the region vary greatly from place to place along Mediterranean shores. In general, findings of this study lead us to recommend exploring persuasive beach trash can design coupled with greater enforcement for short term waste management intervention while considering the local socio-economic and institutional context further for long-term efforts.

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“…The net evaporation in this area is 0.5 -1 cm·day -1 [13]. The study area lies within the Jordanian portion of the Gulf of Aqaba, located at the most northern and northeastern side of the Gulf and extended about 27 km [14]. The coastal areas on the Gulf are important environmental, economical, and recreational areas in Jordan.…”

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confidence: 99%