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

Andrea Stolte; Jochen Lamp; Gabriele Dederer; Falk Schneider; Marta Kalinowska; Sylwia Migdal; Marek Press; Vesa Tschernij; Andreas Frössberg

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_14

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

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Andrea Stolte, Jochen Lamp, Gabriele Dederer, Falk Schneider, Marta Kalinowska, Sylwia Migdal, Marek Press, Vesa Tschernij, Andreas Frössberg

Summary

Lost and abandoned fishing gear in the Mediterranean is a significant source of plastic fibers that fragment into microplastics over time, yet the relative contribution of fishing nets versus land-based sources remains unclear. Targeted retrieval programs for derelict gear could meaningfully reduce one controllable input of microplastic fibers into ocean ecosystems.

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...

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