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

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

Department of Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

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 decades to centuries to degrade in the marine environment, remaining a source of microplastic fibres with a potential of entering the marine food web and returning to our plates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Springer Water
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	72-81
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_14
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	Springer Water
ISSN (Print)	2364-6934
ISSN (Electronic)	2364-8198

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Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Water Science and Technology
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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