Microplastics Contamination in Aquaculture-Rich Regions: A Case Study in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia

Microplastic Contamination in Aquaculture: Sources, Ecological Effects, and Future Solutions

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Researchers reviewed the sources and ecological impacts of microplastic contamination in aquaculture systems, finding that plastic particles under 5 mm originate from multiple aquaculture inputs and raise serious concerns for environmental sustainability and the safety of seafood for human consumption.

Microplastics in Aquatic Systems: Sources, Accumulation, Environmental Impact and Mitigation Strategies

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This review synthesizes how microplastics enter aquatic ecosystems, where they accumulate, and what harm they cause to wildlife and water quality — while also evaluating mitigation strategies, highlighting that both primary sources like microbeads and secondary sources like degrading plastic waste need to be addressed.

Study on macro and microplastics debris in Indonesian water: Current condition and problem

Microplastics in Aquaculture Systems and Their Transfer in the Food Chain

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Researchers reviewed how microplastics accumulate throughout aquaculture systems — the fish farms that produce much of the world's seafood — and traced how these particles move up the food chain to reach human consumers, raising concerns about the safety of farmed seafood.

Microplastic as an Emerging Environmental Threat: A Critical Review on Sampling and Identification Techniques Focusing on Aquactic Ecoystem

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Researchers reviewed sampling and identification techniques for microplastics in aquatic environments, finding that inconsistencies in methods — from collection to lab analysis — make it difficult to assess the true scale of contamination, and called for standardized protocols to generate reliable, comparable data.