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Fishing for Litter: Creating an Economic Market for Marine Plastics in a Sustainable Fisheries Model
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 This paper studies an economy specialized in fisheries facing a rising marine litter problem. We present a dynamic optimization model to explain the mechanism through which marine litter causes inefficiencies in the fishery sector.
Linh Nguyen +3 more
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Plastic litter distribution in Pulau Rambut Wildlife Sanctuary [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 It is not a secret that human activities caused marine litter. Marine litter has become a significant threat and pollutant problem globally, with plastic being the most predominant type of marine litter.
Ivonie Regia Nadyanti, Mardiastuti Ani
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Editorial: Impacts of Marine Litter [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 According to United Nations, 6.4 million tons of anthropogenic litter end up in the oceans every year. The majority of this litter (up to 83% according to some sources) is plastics. Continental plastic litter enters the ocean largely through storm-water runoff, is dumped on shorelines during recreational activities or directly discharged at sea from ...
Luisa Galgani +5 more
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Mapping of marine litter on the seafloor using WASSP S3 multibeam echo sounder and Chasing M2 ROV
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Marine litter is a growing threat to the marine environment. Mapping of marine litter is becoming increasingly important to detect its potential hotspots and prevent their spread.
Ante Šiljeg +7 more
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Tackling Marine Plastic Pollution Through Source-To-Sea Approach and Circular Economy [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2020 Marine litter and associated marine pollution are becoming a complex global environmental hazard these days. Among the different faces of marine pollution, by far the largest and probably the most dangerous part is marine plastic litter.
A. E. Francis and S. Herat
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An analogues-based forecasting system for Mediterranean marine-litter concentration [PDF]
Ocean Science, 2023 In this work, we explore the performance of a statistical forecasting system for marine-litter concentration in the Mediterranean Sea. In particular, we assess the potential skills of a system based on the analogues method.
G. Jordà +3 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2021 The seafloor covers some 70% of the Earth’s surface and has been recognised as a major sink for marine litter. Still, litter on the seafloor is the least investigated fraction of marine litter, which is not surprising as most of it lies in the deep sea ...
Miquel Canals +27 more
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Marine Litter on the Coast of the Algarve: Main Sources and Distribution Using a Modeling Approach
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 The accumulation of floating marine litter poses a serious threat to the global environment and the economy all over the world, particularly of coastal municipalities that rely on tourism and recreational activities. Data of marine litter is thus crucial,
Eloah Rosas +2 more
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ADDRESSING THE CLASS IMBALANCE PROBLEM IN THE AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION OF COASTAL LITTER FROM ORTHOPHOTOS DERIVED FROM UAS IMAGERY [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has been recently used for mapping marine litter on beach-dune environment. Machine learning algorithms have been applied on UAS-derived images and orthophotos for automated marine litter items detection.
D. Duarte +4 more
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Impacts of Marine Litter on Mediterranean Reef Systems: From Shallow to Deep Waters
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Biogenic reefs are known worldwide to play a key role in benthic ecosystems, enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at every level, from shallow to deeper waters. Unfortunately, several stressors threaten these vulnerable systems.
Michela Angiolillo +3 more
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