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Title
Interim Report of the Working Group on Marine Litter (WGML)
Title (original)
Interim Report of the Working Group on Marine Litter (WGML)
Description
The newly established ICES Working Group on Marine Litter (WGML) held its first meeting at ICES HQ, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23–27 April 2018. The meeting attracted 17 participants representing 9 ICES member countries. In addition, ICES staff members from the Data Centre, Anna Osypchuk and Marilynn Sørensen, participated in the meeting. The goal of the WGML is to provide scientific guidance towards the international harmonisation of monitoring data for seafloor litter and microlitter. In addition, the WGML will function as a knowledge base for other international organisations regarding these two issues. The WGML mapped seafloor litter/microplastic monitoring approaches & issues amongst group members and discussed the best channels to distribute key information produced by WGML by establishing an overview of national and international drivers and linkages. Work on a combined road map on seafloor litter and microplastic for the next 1/5/10 years was initiated. The annual meeting was split into sessions on seafloor litter and microplastic (2.5 days each). This report present WG Terms of Reference, Work plan, discussions and concluisons outlined in this meeting.
Authors
ICES
Publication year
2018
Resource type
Reports
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Microplastics
Monitoring of marine litter
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