Plastics Derived From Derelict Fishing Gear in the Arctic: Looking at Sustainable Fisheries for a Strategy of Mitigation, Remediation and Prevention in Iceland and Alaska

• Main Author: Armstrong, Natalie S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2020
• Subjects: fisheries; plastic; marine litter; sustainable fisheries; climate change; Environmental Health and Protection; Arctic; Wilcox; Climate change; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/95; https://scholarship.claremont.edu/context/pitzer_theses/article/1103/viewcontent/Armstrong_SENIOR_THESIS_real.pdf

Marine plastics are not just a problem, they are a silent, sinister epidemic. Marine plastics are the largest economic and ecological threat to our marine ecosystems, particularly marine plastics derived from lost and or discarded fishing gear, which affects sensitive marine communities, the chemica...