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Distribution of Marine Litter on the Beaches of Sardinia: The Case of Cala dei Ponzesi and Cala Spalmatore on the Island of Asinara

Original title: Distribuzione del marine litter nelle spiagge della Sardegna: il caso di Cala dei Ponzesi e di Cala Spalmatore nell’isola dell’Asinara

Proceedings e report 2020
Corinne Corbau, Massimo Contini, Vittorio Gazale, Alexandre Lazarou, Umberto Simeoni, Donatella Carboni

Summary

This Italian-language study analyzed marine litter composition on two beaches of Asinara Island in Sardinia, Italy, using UNEP, JRC, and DEFISHGEAR survey protocols across multiple seasonal surveys. Researchers found that plastic was the dominant litter category, with fragments, lolly sticks, caps, and cords being the most frequent items. The study contributes baseline marine litter data for a protected coastal area in the western Mediterranean.

The study aims to analyze and quantify compositions of marine litter along 2 beaches of Asinara Island-Italy during 3 surveys (winter’17, spring-summer‘19). Method used was based on guidelines of UNEP, JRC and DEFISHGEAR project. Preliminary results show that 1917 items were collected at Cala dei Ponzesi, while 816 were identified in 2019 surveys. 289 items were collected in 2 2019 surveys at Cala Spalmatore. It appears that plastic is the most important category of litter and plastic fragments, lolly sticks, plastic caps/lids unidentified, string and cord (<1 cm) are the most frequent debris

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