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Marine Plastic Debris: Distribution, Abundance, and Impact on Our Seafood

Marine Plastic Debris: Distribution, Abundance, and Impact on Our Seafood

Muhammad Reza Cordova
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781522594529|ISBN10: 1522594523|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522594536|EISBN13: 9781522594543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch006
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Cordova, Muhammad Reza. "Marine Plastic Debris: Distribution, Abundance, and Impact on Our Seafood." Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 94-121. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch006

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Cordova, M. R. (2020). Marine Plastic Debris: Distribution, Abundance, and Impact on Our Seafood. In K. Wani, L. Ariana, & S. Zuber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution (pp. 94-121). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch006

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Cordova, Muhammad Reza. "Marine Plastic Debris: Distribution, Abundance, and Impact on Our Seafood." In Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Lutfah Ariana, and S.M. Zuber, 94-121. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch006

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Abstract

Marine pollution due to littering from anthropogenic activities is a serious global environmental problem—the main reason accumulation of debris in the environment, including in the ocean. There is a significant hazard coming from plastic debris. Besides entanglement and ingestion, marine plastics debris has more complex problems and can release additional and by-product chemical substances. If we keep producing and not doing anything, a recent study said by 2050 there would be three times more plastic than fish in the ocean. We only have a limited understanding of marine plastic debris distribution, implication, fate, and behavior. Science is the key to getting the right alternative for processing debris. To prevent marine pollution successfully requires education and outreach programs, strong laws and policies, and law enforcement for government and private institutions. This chapter explores marine plastic debris.

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