Industrialised Fishing Nations largely Contribute to Floating Plastic Pollution in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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Lebreton, Laurent
,
Peytavin, Axel
,
Royer, Sarah-Jeanne
,
et al
2022
The subtropical oceanic gyre in the North Pacific Ocean is currently covered with tens of thousands of tonnes of floating plastic debris, dispersed over millions of square kilometres. A large fraction is composed of fishing nets and ropes while the rest is mostly composed of hard plastic-objects and fragments, sometimes carrying evidence on their origin.