Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)

Seabed litter of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic Ocean) was analysed and described using data from the EU-Spain groundfish survey (2006-2017 period). This study presents baseline information on seabed litter in this area. The Flemish Pass is located in areas beyond national jurisdiction within th...

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Main Authors: García-Alegre, Ana, Román-Marcote, Esther, Gago, Jesús, González-Nuevo, Gonzalo, Sacau, Mar, Durán Muñoz, Pablo
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https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04945.27A
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García-Alegre, Ana
Román-Marcote, Esther
Gago, Jesús
González-Nuevo, Gonzalo
Sacau, Mar
Durán Muñoz, Pablo
Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)
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description Seabed litter of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic Ocean) was analysed and described using data from the EU-Spain groundfish survey (2006-2017 period). This study presents baseline information on seabed litter in this area. The Flemish Pass is located in areas beyond national jurisdiction within the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Regulatory Area Division 3L. A total of 1169 valid bottom trawl hauls were analysed (104-1478 m depth). Litter was found in 8.3% of the hauls, with mean densities of 1.4±0.2 items km–2 and 10.6±5.2 kg km–2. An increasing pattern with depth was found, the highest densities of seabed litter being identified in the deepest areas located in the Flemish Pass channel and down the northeastern flank of the Grand Bank. Fishing was found to be the main source of marine litter, and 61.9% of the hauls with litter presence showed litter included in the fisheries-related litter category. Whereas in most cases the litter was composed of small fragments of rope, in other cases it was composed of entire fishing gears such as traps. Plastics, metal and other anthropogenic litter were the next most abundant categories, accounting for 18.6%, 16.5% and 12.4% of the total, respectively. La basura en los fondos marinos del área de Flemish Pass (Océano Atlántico Noroeste) ha sido analizada y descrita utilizando datos de las campañas demersales de EU-España (período 2006-2017). Este estudio presenta información de referencia sobre la basura en los fondos marinos de esta área. Flemish Pass está localizado en áreas más allá de las jurisdicciones nacionales dentro del Área Reguladora de la Organización para las Pesquerías del Atlántico Noroccidental División 3L. Se han analizado un total de 1169 lances de arrastre de fondo válidos (104-1478 m de profundidad). Se ha encontrado basura en el 8.3% de los lances con densidades medias de 1.4±0.2 ítems km–2 y 10.6±5.2 kg km–2. Se ha hallado un patrón de aumento con la profundidad, identificándose densidades mayores de basura marina en las áreas más profundas ubicadas en el canal Flemish Pass y en el flanco noreste del Gran Banco. Se ha descubierto que la pesca es la principal fuente de basura marina, el 61.9% de los lances con presencia de basura mostraron desechos incluidos en la categoría de basura relacionada con la actividad pesquera. Mientras que en la mayoría de los casos la basura estaba compuesta por pequeños fragmentos de cabo, en otros casos estaba compuesta por aparejos como nasas. Posteriormente, los plásticos, el metal y otros desechos antropogénicos fueron las categorías más abundantes, con 18.6%, 16.5% y 12.4%, respectivamente.
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author García-Alegre, Ana
Román-Marcote, Esther
Gago, Jesús
González-Nuevo, Gonzalo
Sacau, Mar
Durán Muñoz, Pablo
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Román-Marcote, Esther
Gago, Jesús
González-Nuevo, Gonzalo
Sacau, Mar
Durán Muñoz, Pablo
author_sort García-Alegre, Ana
title Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)
title_short Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)
title_full Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic)
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ATLAS Deliverable D6.1: Sectoral activities, institutional landscape, existing management plans and MSP goals. ATLAS (Grant agreement no. 678760). Behrens E., Våge K., Harden B., et al. 2017. Composition and variability of the Denmark Strait Overflow Water in a high-resolution numerical model hindcast simulation. J. Geophys. Res. Ocean. 122: 2830-2846. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012158 Bergmann M., Gutow L., Klages M. (eds). 2015. Marine anthropogenic litter. Springer. 447 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3 Bilkovic D.M., Havens K., Stanhope D., et al. 2014. Derelict fishing gear in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia: Spatial patterns and implications for marine fauna. Mar. Poll. Bull. 80: 114-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.034 PMid:24507451 Bishop C.A. 1994. Revision and additions to stratification schemes used during research vessel surveys in NAFO Subareas 2 and 3. NAFO SCR Doc., No 43, Serial No N2413, 23 pp. Breusing C., Biastoch A., Drews A., et al. 2016. Biophysical and Population Genetic Models Predict the Presence of "Phantom" Stepping Stones Connecting Mid-Atlantic Ridge Vent Ecosystems. Curr. Biol. 26: 2257-2267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.062 PMid:27476600 Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEA). 2019. Flemish Pass Exploration Drilling Project and Eastern Newfoundland Offshore Exploration Drilling Project - Public Comments Invited. Accessed 12.03.2019. Available at: https://ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/evaluations/document/ 126792?culture=en-CA Colbourne E.B., Foote K.D. 2000. Variability of the stratification and circulation on the Flemish Cap during the decades of the 1950s-1990s. J. Northwest Atl. Fish. Sci. 26: 103-122. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v26.a5 Cózar A., Echevarría F., González-Gordillo J.I., et al. 2014. Plastic debris in the open ocean. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111: 10239-10244. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314705111 PMid:24982135 PMCid:PMC4104848 DFO. 2018. Assessment of Newfoundland and Labrador (Divisions 2HJ3KLNOP4R) Snow Crab. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report 2018/024. Doubleday W.G. 1981. Manual of Groundfish Surveys in the Northwest Atlantic. NAFO Sci. Coun. Studies 2: 7-55. Durán Muñoz P., Sayago-Gil M., Murillo F.J., et al. 2012. Actions taken by fishing Nations towards identification and protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas: The Spanish case (Atlantic Ocean). Mar. Policy 36: 536-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.09.005 Edyvane K.S., Dalgetty A., Hone P.W. et al. 2004. Long-term marine litter monitoring in the remote Great Australian Bight, South Australia. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 48: 1060-1075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.12.012 PMid:15172812 Gago J., Lahuerta F., Antelo P. 2014. Characteristics (abundance, type and origin) of beach litter on the Galician coast (NW Spain) from 2001 to 2010. Sci. Mar. 78: 125-134. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03883.31B Galgani F., Fleet D., Van Franeker J., et al. 2010. Marine Strategy Framework Directive Task Group 10 Report Marine litter. European Commission, EUR 24340 EN - Joint Research Centre, Luxembourg, 48 pp. Galgani F., Hanke G., Werner S., et al. 2013. Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 70: 1055-1064. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst122 Galgani F., Hanke G., Maes T. 2015. Global distribution, composition and abundance of marine litter, In: Bergmann, M., Gutow, L., et al. (eds), Marine Anthropogenic Litter. Springer, pp. 29-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3_2 García-Rivera S., Lizaso J.L.S., Millán J.M.B. 2018. Spatial and temporal trends of marine litter in the Spanish Mediterranean seafloor. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 137: 252-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.051 PMid:30503433 Gilman E., Chopin F., Suuronen P., et al. 2016. Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded gillnets and trammel nets: methods to estimate ghost fishing mortality, and the status of regional monitoring and management. FAO Fish. Aquac. Tech. Pap. No. 600. Rome. Hastie T., Tibshirani R., Friedman J.H. 2001. The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction. Springer, New York, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21606-5 Hijmans R.J., van Etten J., Cheng J., et al. 2016. Package 'raster'. R package. Hong S., Lee J., Kang D., et al. 2014. Quantities, composition, and sources of beach debris in Korea from the results of nationwide monitoring. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 84: 27-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.051 PMid:24930739 Jang Y.C., Lee J., Hong S., et al. 2014. Sources of plasticmarine debris on beaches of Korea: More from the ocean than the land. Ocean Sci. J. 49: 151-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-014-0015-8 Keller A.A., Fruh E.L., Johnson M.M., et al. 2010. 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Nairobi, Kenya. 48 pp. Copyright (c) 2011 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Scientia Marina; Vol. 84 No. 1 (2020); 93-101 Scientia Marina; Vol. 84 Núm. 1 (2020); 93-101 1886-8134 0214-8358 10.3989/scimar.2020.84n1 marine litter seabed litter fishing Flemish Pass northwest Atlantic basura marina basura en los fondos marinos pesca Atlántico Noroeste info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Artículo revisado por pares 2020 ftjscientiamarin https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04945.27A https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2020.84n1 https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012158 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.034 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.0 2022-03-20T16:31:46Z Seabed litter of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic Ocean) was analysed and described using data from the EU-Spain groundfish survey (2006-2017 period). This study presents baseline information on seabed litter in this area. The Flemish Pass is located in areas beyond national jurisdiction within the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Regulatory Area Division 3L. A total of 1169 valid bottom trawl hauls were analysed (104-1478 m depth). Litter was found in 8.3% of the hauls, with mean densities of 1.4±0.2 items km–2 and 10.6±5.2 kg km–2. An increasing pattern with depth was found, the highest densities of seabed litter being identified in the deepest areas located in the Flemish Pass channel and down the northeastern flank of the Grand Bank. Fishing was found to be the main source of marine litter, and 61.9% of the hauls with litter presence showed litter included in the fisheries-related litter category. Whereas in most cases the litter was composed of small fragments of rope, in other cases it was composed of entire fishing gears such as traps. Plastics, metal and other anthropogenic litter were the next most abundant categories, accounting for 18.6%, 16.5% and 12.4% of the total, respectively. La basura en los fondos marinos del área de Flemish Pass (Océano Atlántico Noroeste) ha sido analizada y descrita utilizando datos de las campañas demersales de EU-España (período 2006-2017). Este estudio presenta información de referencia sobre la basura en los fondos marinos de esta área. Flemish Pass está localizado en áreas más allá de las jurisdicciones nacionales dentro del Área Reguladora de la Organización para las Pesquerías del Atlántico Noroccidental División 3L. Se han analizado un total de 1169 lances de arrastre de fondo válidos (104-1478 m de profundidad). Se ha encontrado basura en el 8.3% de los lances con densidades medias de 1.4±0.2 ítems km–2 y 10.6±5.2 kg km–2. Se ha hallado un patrón de aumento con la profundidad, identificándose densidades mayores de basura marina en las áreas más profundas ubicadas en el canal Flemish Pass y en el flanco noreste del Gran Banco. Se ha descubierto que la pesca es la principal fuente de basura marina, el 61.9% de los lances con presencia de basura mostraron desechos incluidos en la categoría de basura relacionada con la actividad pesquera. Mientras que en la mayoría de los casos la basura estaba compuesta por pequeños fragmentos de cabo, en otros casos estaba compuesta por aparejos como nasas. Posteriormente, los plásticos, el metal y otros desechos antropogénicos fueron las categorías más abundantes, con 18.6%, 16.5% y 12.4%, respectivamente. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Scientia Marina (E-Journal) Allá ENVELOPE(17.421,17.421,66.587,66.587) Alta Referencia Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6 6 1657 1732