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Derelict Fishing Gear – Removing a Source of Microplastics from the Marine Environment

Authors : Andrea Stolte, Jochen Lamp, Gabriele Dederer, Falk Schneider, Marta Kalinowska, Sylwia Migdal, Marek Press, Vesa Tschernij, Andreas Frössberg

Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Lost fishing gear is omnipresent in the marine environment. The Mediterranean acts as a hotspot for microplastics, with a dominant fraction being fibres. The origin of these fibres – fishing nets, ropes, or land-based waste water, is unknown. Fishing nets take decades to centuries to degrade in the marine environment, remaining a source of microplastic fibres with a potential of entering the marine food web and returning to our plates.

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Title: Derelict Fishing Gear – Removing a Source of Microplastics from the Marine Environment
Authors: Andrea Stolte
Jochen Lamp
Gabriele Dederer
Falk Schneider
Marta Kalinowska
Sylwia Migdal
Marek Press
Vesa Tschernij
Andreas Frössberg
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-45908-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-45909-3

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_14