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OF Baltic Sea Fisheries

Project

Marine debris and what anglers can do

Lead Institute OF Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries
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Impact, assessment and measures to avoid marine litter from recreational fisheries

Worlwide the amount of waste that is entering the sea is increasing. The largest part originates from land but also from fisheries as well as marine recreational fisheries. The actual amount ist mostly unknown and a differentiation between other anthropogenic sources difficult.

Background and Objective

Approach

Thünen-Contact

Dr. Harry Vincent Strehlow

Telephone
+49 381 66099 107
harry.strehlow@thuenen.de
OF Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries

Involved Thünen-Partners

Involved external Thünen-Partners

Funding Body

  • Bundesland Niedersachsen
    (national, öffentlich)
  • Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
    (national, öffentlich)

Duration

7.2018 - 2.2019

More Information

Project status: finished

Report

Bedeutung und Bewertung von Meeresmüll aus der marinen Freizeitfischerei und Maßnahmen zur Vermeidun.pdf (2,7MB)

Publications

  1. 0

    Lewin W-C, Weltersbach MS, Denfeld G, Strehlow HV (2020) Recreational anglers’ perceptions, attitudes and estimated contribution to angling related marine litter in the German Baltic Sea. J Environ Manag 272:111062, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111062

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