Tag: plastic pollution
Irish praise for marine waste reduction. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has paid tribute to the men and women working in Ireland’s seafood sector for their continued efforts to reduce ...
EC moves to reduce fishing gear marine litter. The European Commission has provided guidance on the EU rules on single-use plastics and adopts an Implementing Decision on the monitoring and reporting of fishing gear placed on the market and waste fishing ...
New fisheries programme manager for the Maldives. The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) strengthens its Maldivian team and welcomes Hawwa Nashfa in her new role of Programme Manager at IPNLF Maldives. Hawwa Nashfa will ...
Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s. Forget diamonds — plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists ...
Ocean plastic simulator now covers New Zealand’s entire coastline. An advanced ocean plastic simulator first launched in 2019 can now track the movement of virtual plastic pollution along New Zealand’s entire coastline. The Ocean Plastic Simulator ...
New Mayor of London must lead the way on ocean health by solving the city’s single-use plastic water bottle problem. Organisations working to eliminate single-use plastic water bottle pollution in London have come together to ...
New survey on use of biodegradable fishing gear in English Channel. Would fishermen be prepared to use biodegradable fishing gear in the marine environment? And if so, under what conditions? As part of the INdIGO ...
Fishers from Scotland to Sweden take on net cuttings pollution. With the fish-buying public increasingly concerned about plastic pollution, European fishermen are stepping up action to reduce their impact on the marine environment. KIMO researchers ...
Bergen commemorates Jarle Kval, the ‘plastic whale’ who inspired thousands. A special event hosted by the University of Bergen, Norway, has marked four years since the death of ‘Jarle Kval’ – a Curvier’s beaked whale ...
Project seeks bait bag alternative to reduce plastic pollution. A unique partnership of marine conservation committed organisations, drawn from the education, NGO and private sectors, has launched a project to prevent a particular source of ...
Highest levels of microplastics found in molluscs, new study says. Mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest levels of microplastic contamination among seafood, a new study reveals. The study – led by researchers at the ...
SeaBOS commits to time-bound goals for a healthy ocean. For the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have committed to a set of time-bound ...
Brexit threat to UK Fishing for Litter as EU funding ends – A successful scheme that supports fishermen who clean up marine litter faces an uncertain future as the UK leaves the European Union. Organisers ...
Could a ‘Sacabout’ help fishermen cut plastic pollution? With governments across Europe rushing to outlaw wasteful single-use plastics, attention is moving to another source of plastic pollution along our coasts and beaches. A new invention ...
Annual flow of plastic into oceans could triple by 2040. A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow of plastic into the ocean ...
Great British Beach Clean to be held in September. This September during Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters, the Marine Conservation Society will run its annual Great British Beach Clean for a week of citizen science from 18 – 25th September 2020, supported ...
Clean Beaches Week is the “Earth Day” for beaches. Held annually from July 1-7, it is a celebration of the clean beaches lifestyle. Founded in 2003, the week has drawn enormous public support: over 150 coastal ...
Seafish shines a light on positive work to tackle marine litter and end-of-life fishing gear, launching new film on the ‘Battle Against Plastic Waste’ on World Oceans Day. Seafish, the public body that supports the ...
Pacific oysters microplastics study shows they may not contain as many as previously thought. Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially impact your dinner table. Oysters, and ...
Microplastic pollution found in Antarctic sea ice. Microplastic contamination has been identified in Antarctic sea ice by an Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led research team, including researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division. Published in ...
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