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Plastic litter in the sea
Marine Environmental Research2013
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María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Michael H. Depledge,
Michael H. Depledge,
Cristina Panti,
Michael H. Depledge,
Michael H. Depledge,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Michael H. Depledge,
Ilaria Caliani,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
Michael H. Depledge,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Silvia Casini,
Silvia Casini,
Ilaria Caliani,
Cristina Panti,
Silvia Casini,
François Galgani
Silvia Casini,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
Silvia Casini,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Ilaria Caliani,
François Galgani
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Michael H. Depledge,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Silvia Casini,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
Silvia Casini,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
Silvia Casini,
Silvia Casini,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Ilaria Caliani,
Silvia Casini,
Silvia Casini,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Ilaria Caliani,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Ilaria Caliani,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Ilaria Caliani,
Silvia Casini,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
Silvia Casini,
Ilaria Caliani,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
Ilaria Caliani,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Silvia Casini,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
Silvia Casini,
Cristina Panti,
Silvia Casini,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Silvia Casini,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
Ilaria Caliani,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
Silvia Casini,
Silvia Casini,
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
María Cristina Fossi,
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Cristina Panti,
Cristina Panti,
François Galgani
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
María Cristina Fossi,
François Galgani
Summary
A 2013 workshop of European scientists reviewed current knowledge on plastic litter in the sea and issued a set of agreed statements for policymakers, concluding that enough is known to justify regulatory action. The experts identified key remaining research needs while emphasizing that the existing evidence base already warrants strong policy responses to ocean plastic pollution.
On June 2013 a workshop at the University of Siena (Italy) was organized to review current knowledge and to clarify what is known, and what remains to be investigated, concerning plastic litter in the sea. The content of the workshop was designed to contribute further to the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) following an inaugural workshop in 2012. Here we report a number of statements relevant to policymakers and scientists that was overwhelming agreement from the participants. Many might view this as already providing sufficient grounds for policy action. At the very least, this early warning of the problems that lie ahead should be taken seriously, and serve as a stimulus for further research.