Oceanic plastic pollution caused by Danish seine fishing in Norway.
Danish seine
Fishing gear
Fly dragging
Microplastic
Plastic pollution
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
07
09
2021
revised:
15
03
2022
accepted:
25
04
2022
pubmed:
10
5
2022
medline:
31
5
2022
entrez:
9
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Wear and tear on fishing gear is a sparsely investigated source of microplastic pollution in the sea. In Norway, Danish seine ropes and trawls are the fishing gears that contribute most to this pollution. The main reason for this pollution is that the seine ropes are dragged along the seabed over a considerable distance, creating a friction force that results in high ropes wear. This note reports the findings after examining the wear of Danish seine ropes used in Norwegian fisheries. The results show that, in Norway alone, an average of 77 to 97 tons of plastic will be added to the sea annually due to this specific fishing gear. Aggregated to include all fly dragging, anchor seining, and pair seining globally, this number is estimated to be about 311 tons per year.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35533619
pii: S0025-326X(22)00393-9
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113711
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113711Informations de copyright
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