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Beach Litter - Median number of fishing and aquaculture related plastic items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Other sources 2001/2020 v2021

This visualization product displays the fishing & aquaculture related plastic items abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations.


EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB).

The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale.


Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data:

- Exclusion of OSPAR 1000 protocol: in order to follow the approach of OSPAR that it is not including these data anymore in the monitoring;

- Selection of surveys from non-MSFD monitoring, cleaning and research operations;

- Exclusion of beaches without coordinates;

- Selection of fishing and aquaculture related plastic items only. The list of selected items is attached to this metadata. This list was created using EU Marine Beach Litter Baselines and EU Threshold Value for Macro Litter on Coastlines from JRC (these two documents are attached to this metadata);

- Exclusion of surveys without associated length;

- Normalization of survey lengths to 100m & 1 survey / year: in some case, the survey length was not 100m, so in order to be able to compare the abundance of litter from different beaches a normalization is applied using this formula:

Number of fishing & aquaculture related plastic items of the survey (normalized by 100 m) = Number of fishing & aquaculture related items of the survey x (100 / survey length)

Then, this normalized number of fishing & aquaculture related plastic items is summed to obtain the total normalized number of fishing & aquaculture related plastic items for each survey. Finally, the median abundance of fishing & aquaculture related plastic items for each beach and year is calculated from these normalized abundances of fishing & aquaculture related items per survey.


Percentiles 50, 75, 95 & 99 have been calculated taking into account fishing & aquaculture related plastic items from other sources data for all years.


More information is available in the attached documents.


Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

 
Citation proposal
Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring) - IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA. Beach Litter - Median number of fishing and aquaculture related plastic items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Other sources 2001/2020 v2021. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/157ed871-30a8-4088-baa0-0291618d0e4f

Simple

Alternate title

bl_fishing_other

Date ( Creation )
2021-05-06
Edition

1.0

Identifier

DOI:10.13120/157ed871-30a8-4088-baa0-0291618d0e4f

Credit

EMODnet Chemistry

Point of contact

No information provided.

Point of contact

No information provided.

  Resource provider

IFREMER / IDM / SISMER - Scientific Information Systems for the SEA  

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070

PLOUZANE

29280

France


  +33 (0)2 98.22.49.16 
  +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 
Website
web site  

  Resource provider

Ifremer / VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)  

Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu BP 1105

NANTES CEDEX 03

44311

France


  +33 (02 40.37.40.00 
  +33 (0)2 40.37.40.01 
Website
web site  

  Resource provider

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography  

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c

Sgonico (Trieste)

34010

Italy


Website
web site  

  Custodian

Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)  

Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu BP 1105

NANTES CEDEX 03

44311

France


  +33 (02 40.37.40.00 
  +33 (0)2 40.37.40.01 
Website
web site  

  Custodian

IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA  

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070

PLOUZANE

29280

France


  +33 (0)2 98.22.49.16 
  +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy  

Frederiksborgvej 399

Postboks 358

Roskilde

DK_4000

Denmark


Website
web site  

  Originator

Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience  

Ny Munkegade 116

Aarhus

DK-8000

Denmark


  +45 8715 0000 
  +45 8715 4326 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Aegean Greeners  

Michael Libanou 54

Chios

82100

Greece


Website
web site  

  Originator

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation  

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, P.O. Box 42

Pythagorio

83103

Greece


  +30 22730-61191 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Asociación Vertidos Cero  

Av. de Castilla y León, 45

San Sebastián de los Reyes

28702

Spain


Website
web site  

  Originator

Black Sea NGO Network  

Regional Office

P.O.Box 91, 2 Dr. L. Zamenhof Str., fl. 2

Varna

9000

Bulgaria


  +359 52 615856 
  +359 52 602047 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Division of Marine Biology and Ecology  

101 Vithleem Street

Nicosia

2033

Cyprus


  +357-22807807 
  +357-22775955 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Disciplinary Centre of Marine Research and Environmental  

Rua dos Bragas, 289

Porto

289 - 4050

Portugal


  +351 223 401 800 
  +351 223 390 608 
Website
web site  

  Originator

ECAT-Environmental Center for Administration & Technology  

Tirana

Albania


  +355 4 223930 / 274553 
  +355 4 223930 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Estonian Green Movement  

Tiigi 8–24

Tartu

51003

Estonia


Website
web site  

  Originator

European Environment Agency  

Kongens Nytorv 6

Copenhagen

1050

Denmark


Website
web site  

  Originator

eXXpedition  

76C Denbigh Street

London

SW1V 2EX

United Kingdom


Website
web site  

  Originator

Foundation for Environmental Education, Latvia  

Lapu str. 17, 2nd floor

Riga

LV-1002

Latvia


  +371 67225112 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography  

46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av.

P.O.Box 712

Anavyssos

19013

Greece


  +30-22910-76452. -76460 
  +30-22910-76347 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Hold Danmark Rent  

Frederiksgade 12

Svendborg

5700

Denmark


Website
web site  

  Originator

Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia  

Dunajska 156

Ljubljana

1000

Slovenia


  +386(0)14775300 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Institute of Marine Biology (IMBK)  

Put I Bokeljske brigade 68

Kotor

85330

Montenegro


  +382 32 33 45 70 
  +382 32 33 45 70 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University  

P.O.Box 28

Erdemli

33731

Turkey


  +90 (324) 5212406 
  +90 (324) 5212327 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences  

40 Parvi may str.

PO Box 152

Varna

9000

Bulgaria


  +359 52370486 
  +359 52370483 
Website
web site  

  Originator

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea  

H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46

Copenhagen V

DK-1553

Denmark


  +45 3338 6700 
  +45 3393 4215 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Isotech Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy  

95 Kyrenias, Platy Aglantzias

Nicosia

2113

Cyprus


  +357 22452727 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management  

Müsküle Sok. No. 1

Vefa

Istanbul

34470

Turkey


Website
web site  

  Originator

Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO)  

1 I. Chavchavadze Ave., 0128,Tbilisi, Georgia

Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi

Georgia


  +995 32 253222; +99532 222372 
  +99532 253222 
Website
web site  

  Originator

KIMO International Secretariat  

Shetland Islands Council, 8 North Ness Business Park

Lerwick

ZE1 0LZ

United Kingdom


Website
web site  

  Originator

Legambiente  

Via Salaria 403

Roma

00199

Italy


  +39 06862681 
  +39 0686218474 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Marine Conservation Society  

Unit 3, Wolf Business Park

Alton Road

Ross-on-Wye

HR9 5NB

United Kingdom


  01989 566017 
  01989 567815 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Maritime Training Center for Pollution Prevention, Safety at Sea and Environmental Awareness  

5, Pergamou Str.,

Athens

171 21

Greece


Website
web site  

  Originator

Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development  

Kyrristou str., 12

Athens

105 56

Greece


  +30 2103247490 
  +30 2103317127 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"  

300 Mamaia Blvd.

Constanta

900581

Romania


  40 241 543288 
  40 241 831274 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology  

Dimitrie Onciu Street 23-25

Bucharest

024053

Romania


  40 21 2522594 
  40 212522594 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum"  

16, Bogdan Voda str.

Constanta

Romania


  +40 241 612422 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Norwegian Environment Agency  

P.O. Box 5672 Sluppen

Trondheim

N-7485

Norway


  +47 73 58 05 00 
  +47 73 58 05 01 
Name

web site

Function
Information

  Originator

OceanCare  

Gerbestrasse 6

Wädenswil

8820

Switzerland


Website
web site  

  Originator

Plastic Change  

Islands Brygge 39

København S

2300

Denmark


Website
web site  

  Originator

Portuguese Association for Marine Litter, APLM  

Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente

Caparica

Portugal


Website
web site  

  Originator

State Oceanographic Institute  

Kropotkinsky Lane 6

Moscow

119034

Russian Federation


  +7 (499) 246-7288 
  +7 (499) 246-72-88 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Surfers Against Sewage  

Unit 2, Wheal Kitty Workshops

St Agnes, Cornwall

United Kingdom


Website
web site  

  Originator

Surfrider Foundation Europe  

33 Allée du Moura, 64200 Biarritz, France

Biarritz

France


Website
web site  

  Originator

Turkish Marine Research Foundation  

P.O.Box: 10 , Beykoz

Istanbul

81650

Turkey


  + 90 216 424 07 72 
  + 90 216 424 07 71 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Ukrainian scientific center of Ecology of Sea  

89 Frantsuzsky Blvd.

Odessa

65009

Ukraine


  +38 0482 636622 
  +380 482 636873 
Website
web site  
Thèmes Sextant ( Theme )
  • /Human Activities/Pollution

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P02) ( parameter )
  • Litter abundance and type , Beach litter abundance
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer ( reference-geographical-area )
  • Arctic Ocean , Black Sea , Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) , North Sea , Mediterranean Sea , Baltic Sea
Keywords ( Theme )
  • EMODnet Chemistry

Matrix Categories ( parameter )
  • sediment
EMODnet Chemistry chemical groups ( parameter )
  • Marine litter
Use limitation

CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Other constraints

Usage is subject to mandatory citation: "This resource was generated in the framework of EMODnet Chemistry, under the support of DG MARE Call for Tender EASME/EMFF/2018/1.3.1.8 - lot4."

Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language

eng

Topic category
  • Oceans
Description

bounding box

N
S
E
W


Vertical extent

Minimum value
-5500.0
Maximum value
0.0
Vertical CRS
  •   http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/5714/
Reference system identifier

EPSG

/

WGS 84 (EPSG 4326)

Geometric object type
Point
Distribution format
  • ()

OnLine resource
bl_fishing_other  

Beach Litter - Fishing & aquaculture related plastic items abundance per year - Other sources

OnLine resource
Visualization products for Beach Litter data  

Methodologies applied to create the maps

OnLine resource
List of selected items  
OnLine resource
EU Threshold Value for Macro Litter on Coastlines  
OnLine resource
EU Marine Beach Litter Baselines  
OnLine resource
Marine litter database document  
OnLine resource
Data Access and Citation  
OnLine resource
Direct Download  
Hierarchy level
Series

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Statement

The data used as input for this product have been extracted from the EMODnet Chemistry Download Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search

Metadata

File identifier
157ed871-30a8-4088-baa0-0291618d0e4f   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Hierarchy level name

Product record

Date stamp
2021-11-26T14:44:37
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139 - EMODNET - SDN

Metadata standard version

1.0

  Point of contact

EMODnet Chemistry -  

Website
http://www.emodnet.eu/chemistry  
 
 

  Overviews

beach_fishing_other.JPG

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