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Praise for University’s marine microplastics work. The University of Plymouth’s world-leading research into the causes and effects of microplastics has been named as one of the UK’s 100 best university breakthroughs. The award-winning work of Professor ...
Study reveals fast uptake of nanoparticles by shellfish. A ground-breaking study has shown it takes a matter of hours for billions of minute plastic nanoparticles to become embedded throughout the major organs of a marine ...
Research has found. microplastic toxins leave shellfish at mercy of predators. The chemical cocktail suppresses periwinkles’ ability to avoid crabs that eat them and disrupts the food chain. According to an article in The Guardian. ...
Dutch Harbor contributing to net recycling. More shipping containers filled with plastic fishing nets, crab lines and other gear left Dutch Harbor in November for recycling plants in Europe, and two more will soon follow ...
Fifth GGGI Annual Meeting Recap – The 5th Annual Meeting of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative took place in Bali, Indonesia on October 25th and 26th, 2018. This was by far the largest GGGI meeting ...
ASC commits to fight against ocean plastic waste from aquaculture, planning specific requirements for farms to properly dispose of plastics and aquaculture gear, and becoming the first and only aquaculture body to join the Global ...
Food companies join Global Ghost Gear Initiative – Today (30 October), at the Our Ocean 2018 conference in Bali, Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company and Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain, have announced they ...
NZKS signs New Plastics Economy Global Commitment and is first New Zealand food business to join UN Global Compact New Zealand King Salmon (NZKS) has become the first New Zealand food business to join the ...
Historic marine microplastics problem revealed in a new study, which shows that marine creatures living in the deepest parts of the ocean have been feeding on microplastic particles for at least four decades. Researchers at ...
CERAMIC EXHIBITION HARVEST by Mella Shaw The Scottish Fisheries Museum welcomes a ceramic exhibition of new work by ceramic artist Mella Shaw. Evolving as its nationwide tour progresses, this exhibition responds to the huge and ...
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