Marine litter at the seafloor comprises different materials. Plastic is the most frequent material of marine litter found at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea (55,6%). "Abandoned, lost, discarded or otherwise lost fishing gear" (ALDFG) is a subgroup of plastic litter with special importance for environmental assessment because it has a defined source and may pose a health risk to animals. With the data provided, marine litter at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea was quantified and characterized with special regard to fishery as source. 72 litter items (LI) were collected within fishery catches by bottom trawling during three cruises in 2020 and 2021. The data were used to quantify litter at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea (9.2 LI/km²) including 2.2 LI/km² ALDFG and 0.4 LI/km² fishery nets. We conclude that fishery is an important source of litter and ALDFG represent a considerable share of marine litter with 22.2%.
Plastic litter items (LI) at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea comprises different polymers. 40 LI were collected within fishery catches by bottom trawling during three cruises in 2020 and 2021 and analysed for their polymer types using attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, performed on a Spotlight 400 FTIR Imaging System (PerkinElmer Inc., Waltham, USA). The resulting spectra were compared against reference spectra databases. Just LI spectra showing correlation factors above 0.90 compared to the reference spectra were included in the evaluation. Polymer type of plastic LI under investigation could be attributed to six different polymer groups: Polyethylene (PE), polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyester (PES) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PE was the most frequently identified polymer representing 59% of all plastic items under investigation - followed by PA (17%), PP (12%), PVC (7%) and PES (3%).
The dataset is a set of photos of marine litter at the seafloor and corresponding coordinates. The photos were taken in the southernmost North and Baltic seas, between 30.11.2022 and 12.12.2022 during the Walther Herwig III 462 research cruise (Date begin: 29.11.2022 - Date end: 14.12.2022, harbor begin: Bremerhaven - harbor end: Bremerhaven) . The video system used consists of a GoPro HERO 9 black in an aluminium case mounted in the front of the sledge and two lights with a total of 7200 lumen. Three laser pointers mounted in an equilateral triangle (laser center point distance 25.5 cm) provided the size reference for the video observation. The photos were taken as part of a study to visually quantify the amount of marine letter in the seafloor and compare this value with bottom trawl data.
Dieser WMS stellt die Ergebnisse die Daten des LUNG im Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern fuer den Deskriptor 10 (Abfälle im Meer) fuer die MDI-DE dar.
Dieser WMS stellt die Ergebnisse die Daten des LUNG im Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern fuer den Deskriptor 10 (Abfälle im Meer) fuer die MDI-DE dar.
The European Environment Agency has developed Marine LitterWatch mobile app to collect information on marine litter and strengthen Europe’s knowledge base and thus provide support to European policy making. Marine LitterWatch is a citizen science based app that aims to help fill data gaps in beach litter monitoring.
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