Are FADs a significant source of marine litter? Assessment of released debris and mitigation strategy in the Mediterranean sea

Sinopoli, Mauro; Cillari, Tiziana; Andaloro, Franco; Berti, Claudio; Consoli, Pierpaolo; Galgani, François; Romeo, Teresa

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109749

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“…However, this is not the case in the Mediterranean, where fishing activity, constrained by the limited continental shelves (Gulf of Lion, northern Adriatic Sea, Maltese waters, etc. ), mainly releases plastic items directly on the seafloor 46 , 47 .…”

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The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea

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Plastic debris is a ubiquitous pollutant on the sea surface. To date, substantial research efforts focused on the detection of plastic accumulation zones. Here, a different paradigm is proposed: looking for crossroad regions through which large amounts of plastic debris flow. This approach is applied to the Mediterranean Sea, massively polluted but lacking in zones of high plastic concentration. The most extensive dataset of plastic measurements in this region to date is combined with an advanced numerical plastic-tracking model. Around 20% of Mediterranean plastic debris released every year passed through about 1% of the basin surface. The most important crossroads intercepted plastic debris from multiple sources, which had often traveled long distances. The detection of these spots could foster understanding of plastic transport and help mitigation strategies. Moreover, the general applicability and the soundness of the crossroad approach can promote its application to the study of other pollutants.

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“…Anchored FADs are largely used in the southern Mediterranean, especially in the coastal areas of Sicily, Tunisia, Malta, and Majorca (Spain) . These devices are normally equipped with palm leaves connected to a float (usually empty plastic bottles or PS-slabs tied together) using synthetic rope or PE/nylon cables for anchoring to large stones or blocks (Andaloro et al, 2007;Sinopoli et al, 2020). In winter, at the end of the fishing season, most FADs are lost (76 %), especially those far from the coast, or destroyed by adverse weather conditions.…”

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“…In this work, another digestion protocol was tested on a highly migratory species and an opportunistic and voracious medium pelagic predator, the common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758, which is an important fishery resource and represents a target species of medium-scale fishing in several areas of the Mediterranean Sea (Lleonart et al, 1999;Sinopoli et al, 2020). Although some information on the plastic ingestion by common dolphinfish have already been provided through previous dietary or litter studies (Massutí et al, 1998;Deudero and Alomar, 2015;Menezes et al, 2019;Phillips and Bonner, 2015), no chemical digestion has been applied to investigate the presence of plastic in the stomach contents of this species.…”

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A new digestion approach for the extraction of microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) from the western Mediterranean Sea

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“…The first source is land-based, i.e., litter is carried into the ocean through rivers and sewage outlets, or it is generated by coastal human activities. The second major source of marine litter is the litter generated by various marine activities (e.g., mariculture, fishery, marine shipping, and marine tourism) that directly discard the litter into the sea [3][4][5]. One study showed that 192 coastal countries and regions in the world discharged from 480 × 10 4 to 1270 × 10 4 t of plastic waste into the ocean every year [6].…”

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A Survey of Marine Coastal Litters around Zhoushan Island, China and Their Impacts

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Rapid development of the economy increased marine litter around Zhoushan Island. Social-ecological scenario studies can help to develop strategies to adapt to such change. To investigate the present situation of marine litter pollution, a stratified random sampling (StRS) method was applied to survey the distribution of marine coastal litters around Zhoushan Island. A univariate analysis of variance was conducted to access the amount of litter in different landforms that include mudflats, artificial and rocky beaches. In addition, two questionnaires were designed for local fishermen and tourists to provide social scenarios. The results showed that the distribution of litter in different landforms was significantly different, while the distribution of litter in different sampling points had no significant difference. The StRS survey showed to be a valuable method for giving a relative overview of beach litter around Zhoushan Island with less effort in a future survey. The questionnaire feedbacks helped to understand the source of marine litter and showed the impact on the local environment and economy. Based on the social-ecological scenarios, governance recommendations were provided in this paper.

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Are FADs a significant source of marine litter? Assessment of released debris and mitigation strategy in the Mediterranean sea

Cited by 29 publications

References 32 publications

The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea

The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea

A new digestion approach for the extraction of microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) from the western Mediterranean Sea

A Survey of Marine Coastal Litters around Zhoushan Island, China and Their Impacts

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