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dc.contributor.authorWright, LS
dc.contributor.authorNapper, IE
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-23T11:27:57Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.other113115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/18402
dc.description.abstract

While land-based sources of marine plastic pollution have gained widespread attention, marine-based sources are less extensively investigated. Here, we provide the first in-depth description of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) on northern and southern beaches of the English Southwest Peninsula, Great Britain's region of highest ALDFG density. Three distinct categories were recorded: twisted rope (0.28 ± 0.14 m-1, 17%), braided rope (0.56 ± 0.28 m-1, 33%) and filament (0.84 ± 0.41 m-1, 50%), which likely correspond to fishing rope, net and line. Estimating the disintegration of ALDFG from length and filament number suggests that it has the potential to generate 1277 ± 431 microplastic pieces m-1, with fishing rope (44%) and net (49%) as the largest emitters. Importantly, ALDFG was over five times more abundant on the south coast, which is likely attributable to the three times higher fishing intensity in that area.

dc.format.extent113115-113115
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectFishing industry
dc.subjectMarine microplastic
dc.subjectMaritime industry
dc.subjectMonofilament
dc.subjectRope structure
dc.subjectSynthetic polymer rope
dc.titlePotential microplastic release from beached fishing gear in Great Britain's region of highest fishing litter density
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issuePt B
plymouth.volume173
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113115
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-10-29
dc.rights.embargodate2021-11-24
dc.identifier.eissn1879-3363
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113115
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-12
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