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

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea (ICMPMS 2019)

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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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  1. WWF Germany Baltic Sea Office, Neuer Markt 2, 18439, Stralsund, Germany

    Andrea Stolte, Jochen Lamp & Gabriele Dederer

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

    Falk Schneider

  3. WWF Poland, Marine Conservation, Usypiskowa 11, 02-386, Warsaw, Poland

    Marta Kalinowska & Sylwia Migdal

  4. Keep the Estonian Sea Tidy Association, Pirita Tee 17, 11911, Tallinn, Estonia

    Marek Press

  5. Municipality of Simrishamn, Marine Centre, 272 80, Simrishamn, Sweden

    Vesa Tschernij

  6. Keep Sweden Tidy, Rosterigränd 4, 117 61, Stockholm, Sweden

    Andreas Frössberg

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  1. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Mariacristina Cocca

  2. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Emilia Di Pace

  3. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Maria Emanuela Errico

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    Maurizio Avella

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Stolte, A. et al. (2020). Derelict Fishing Gear – Removing a Source of Microplastics from the Marine Environment. In: Cocca, M., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. ICMPMS 2019. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_14

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