5 Gyres presentation - Anna & Marcus Erikson

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2008 North Pacific Gyre Expedition








Where does it end up?


86%

43% Animal impacts (Laist,1997)

44%


PLASTIC

PLANKTON Plastic Ingestion


Stomach contents




Results Total # of fish= 671

6 Species:

Number

% with ingested plastic

Astronesthes indopacifica

6

16

Cololabis saira

51

16

Hygophum reinhardii

43

23

Loweina interrupa

26

8

Myctophum aurolanternatum

460

37

74

56

Symbolophorus californiensis

In total 35% of these fish had ingested plastic


Junk Made From Junk







Plastic Particles Attract Chemicals In The Ocean



NORTH PACIFIC

INDIAN OCEAN

Chemical legacy

SOUTH PACIFIC

NORTH ATLANTIC

SOUTH ATLANTIC


North Pacific Gyre

N. Atlantic Gyre NORTH ATLANTIC

NORTH PACIFIC Indian Ocean Gyre

South Pacific Gyre

INDIAN OCEAN

S. Atlantic Gyre

SOUTH PACIFIC

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Plastic Pollution Accumulation Zones (Lebreton et al., Mar. Pol. Bul., 2012)


North Atlantic Expedition


North Atlantic Gyre


NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE


14,817,185km2

Indian Ocean Gyre


VPRO “Beagle” aboard the Stad Amsterdam



Indian Ocean Gyre


South Atlantic Gyre


South Atlantic Gyre


South Pacific Gyre – The Crew



SOUTH PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH



Easter Island – Before and after rock removal along coastline.


WHAT’S NEXT?


WHAT’S NEXT?




Observed Debris

Other (boat, tire, baloon) 1% Glass 1%

Buoys/ Misc. line Misc. nets floats 2% 2% 3% Other fishing gear 0%

Other plastic 14%

Buoys/floats Misc. line Misc. nets Other fishing gear Plastic frag. Bags/sheet/tarp Bottles

Styrofoam 20%

Plastic frag. 43%

Jugs/buckets Styrofoam Other plastic Glass

Jugs/ buckets 4% Plastic bottles 7% Bags/sheet/tarp 3%

820 observed pieces – 98% were plastic

Other(boat, tire, baloon)


HOTSPOT

HOTSPOT

NORTH PACIFIC

INDIAN OCEAN

SOUTH PACIFIC

GARBAGE PATCHES AND HOTSPOTS

HOTSPOT

NORTH ATLANTIC

SOUTH ATLANTIC












SOLUTIONS


RESPONSIBILITY


INNOVATION BIOPLASTIC REUSABLES WASTE TO ENERGY CRADLE TO CRADLE DESIGN

SMARTER APPROACH


LEGISLATION LEGISLATION Product Bans or fees Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Safer Chemicals/Green Chemistry

LAWS TO CHANGE “THROW AWAY” CULTURE


EDUCATION


SOCIAL MEDIA/CAMPAIGNS


GLOBAL MONITORING THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE IF YOU HAVE A BOAT – LET’S TRAWL TOGETHER!


JOIN AN EXPEDITION

GET INVOLVED!


Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal, 2013


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