"Marine Litter
Spatial distribution, composition and abundance
Products for beach litter are divided in two macro categories, depending on the origin of data: official monitoring ( data considered fo...
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The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is financed by the European Union under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Data, metadata and data products are provided by EMODnet Chemistry under the support of DG MARE Call for Tenders MARE/2008/03-lot3, MARE/2012/10-lot4,EASME/EMFF/2016/006-lot4, EASME/2019/OP/0003-lot4.
Frequency of Update : yearly or biannual
Geo-Coverage : Transnational
Geo-Coverage : Transnational : Artic; Baltic Sea; Black Sea; Mediterranean; North-East Atlantic
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Sub-Layers:
MarineLitter - Seabed litter - Trawls locations
Marinelitter -Seabed litter - Density (Nb. Items/km2)
Marinelitter- Seabed Litter - Material categories percentage per year
Marinelitter - Seabed litter - Fishing related items density (Nb. Items/km2)
Marinelitter - Seabed litter - Plastic bags density (Nb. Items/km2)