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Source data for Figures and Chart in publication: Marine plastic pollution undermines the livelihoods and income of fishing communities in Viet Nam

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This dataset provides source data supporting a publication on how marine plastic pollution economically harms fishing communities in Vietnam, with measurements collected across Vietnamese fishery regions in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University and the Vietnam Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning.

Dataset description: Source data for Figures and Chart in publication: Marine plastic pollution undermines the livelihoods and income of fishing communities in Viet Nam. Affiliations:1 The Lyell Centre, Heriot‐Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, United Kingdom2 Viet Nam Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning, 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Viet Nam3 Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Norrbyn, Sweden4 Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden*Corresponding author: m.kaiser@hw.ac.uk

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