Fish out, plastic in: global pattern of plastics in commercial fishmeal
Plastic (as both micro- and macro- plastic) is an important environmental contaminant, affecting the food chain and directly entering into marine products, including seafood. However, plastic contamination in wild derived fishmeal, a globally traded commodity, remains unknown. Using a global samplin...
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ftdeakinunifig:oai:figshare.com:article/20678615 2023-05-15T14:05:24+02:00 Fish out, plastic in: global pattern of plastics in commercial fishmeal S Gündoğdu O T Eroldoğan E Evliyaoğlu Giovanni Turchini X G Wu 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30147487 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fish_out_plastic_in_global_pattern_of_plastics_in_commercial_fishmeal/20678615 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30147487 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fish_out_plastic_in_global_pattern_of_plastics_in_commercial_fishmeal/20678615 All Rights Reserved Zoology Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Fisheries Marine & Freshwater Biology Fish meal Plastic pollution Microplastic Aquaculture Marine pollution MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION FUTURE ACCUMULATION DEBRIS RISK SEA Text Journal contribution 2021 ftdeakinunifig 2022-11-17T18:47:48Z Plastic (as both micro- and macro- plastic) is an important environmental contaminant, affecting the food chain and directly entering into marine products, including seafood. However, plastic contamination in wild derived fishmeal, a globally traded commodity, remains unknown. Using a global sampling approach, this study is the first one to assess the plastic content and composition in commercial fishmeal products. The sampling consisted of 26 different fishmeal products, originating from 11 countries on four continents and Antarctica, and representing the vast majority of globally available and traded commercial products. A wide range of plastics content was found, ranging from 0 to 526.7 n kg-1, and a relatively higher plastics content was identified in fishmeal obtained from China (337.5±34.5 n kg-1) and Morocco (253.3±43.4 n kg−1), whereas no plastics was detected in krill meal obtained from Antarctica. The risk assessment based on feed conversion ratio (FCR) showed that the carnivorous fish species (e.g. eel) with a high percentage of dietary fishmeal, have a substantially higher risk for plastic intake, than other species. In conclusion, these results indicate that fishmeal can be an important pathway for plastics to enter the seafood chain. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica DRO - Deakin Research Online |
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Zoology Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Fisheries Marine & Freshwater Biology Fish meal Plastic pollution Microplastic Aquaculture Marine pollution MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION FUTURE ACCUMULATION DEBRIS RISK SEA S Gündoğdu O T Eroldoğan E Evliyaoğlu Giovanni Turchini X G Wu Fish out, plastic in: global pattern of plastics in commercial fishmeal |
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Plastic (as both micro- and macro- plastic) is an important environmental contaminant, affecting the food chain and directly entering into marine products, including seafood. However, plastic contamination in wild derived fishmeal, a globally traded commodity, remains unknown. Using a global sampling approach, this study is the first one to assess the plastic content and composition in commercial fishmeal products. The sampling consisted of 26 different fishmeal products, originating from 11 countries on four continents and Antarctica, and representing the vast majority of globally available and traded commercial products. A wide range of plastics content was found, ranging from 0 to 526.7 n kg-1, and a relatively higher plastics content was identified in fishmeal obtained from China (337.5±34.5 n kg-1) and Morocco (253.3±43.4 n kg−1), whereas no plastics was detected in krill meal obtained from Antarctica. The risk assessment based on feed conversion ratio (FCR) showed that the carnivorous fish species (e.g. eel) with a high percentage of dietary fishmeal, have a substantially higher risk for plastic intake, than other species. In conclusion, these results indicate that fishmeal can be an important pathway for plastics to enter the seafood chain. |
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