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Seafloor litter - Plastic bags density (Nb. Items/km²)
This visualization product displays plastic bags density per trawl per year.
EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of seafloor litter collected by international fish-trawl surveys have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols (OSPAR and MEDITS protocols) and reference lists used on a European scale. Moreover, within the same protocol, different gear types are deployed during fishing bottom trawl surveys.
In cases where the wingspread and/or number of items were unknown, data could not be used because these fields are needed to calculate the density. Data collected before 2011 are affected by this filter.
When the distance reported in the data was null, it was calculated from:
- the ground speed and the haul duration using…
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The data used as input for this product have been extracted from the EMODnet Chemistry Download Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search
Objectif : non renseigné
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Visualization products for Beach and Seafloor Litter data
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Guidelines and forms for gathering marine litter data
Guidelines and forms for gathering marine litter data