CleanSea, a large European research project, aims to provide instruments and tools to keep European seas clean, healthy and productive. For doing so, it is improving the knowledge and understanding of marine litter composition, distribution and impact in order to identify strategies and right mix of measures to abate this problem.
We create a lot of stuff – we create a lot of waste – and we create marine litter. Packaging, bottles and cans, fishing gear, industrial plastics, cigarette butts and all sort of waste populate our oceans and seas impacting environment (e.g. through ingestion or entanglement), economy (e.g. fisheries and tourism) and society (e.g. human health by introduction through the food chain).
Japan’s Marine Product Imports Exceed Domestic Production Japan
The following is an excerpt from an article published by nippon.com:
Japan’s fishing industry is not the force that it once was, and in 2022 the country imported marine products worth ¥2 tr...
Fish face vast decline if emissions are not reduced Worldwide
The following is an excerpt from an article published by Dialogue Earth:
Failing to keep warming to below 3C could mean a 30% decline in catchable fish in many countries, huge study suggests
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Korean Market Situation for Shrimp and Cuttlefish South Korea
As of June 2024, the volume of frozen whiteleg shrimp imported into the country recorded 235 tons, a 72% decrease compared to the same period last year, and this figure is a significant decrease from ...