Beach Litter - Median number of plastic bags related items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Other sources 2001/2020 v2021
bl_plasticbags_other
Short description
This visualization product displays the plastic bags abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations. EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data: - Exclusion of OSPAR 1000 protocol: in order to follow the approach of OSPAR that it is not including these data anymore in the monitoring; - Selection of surveys from non-MSFD monitoring, cleaning and research operations; - Exclusion of beaches without coordinates; - Selection of plastic bags related items only. The list of selected items is attached to this metadata. This list was created using EU Marine Beach Litter Baselines and EU Threshold Value for Macro Litter on Coastlines from JRC (these two documents are attached to this metadata); - Exclusion of surveys without associated length; - Normalization of survey lengths to 100m & 1 survey / year: in some case, the survey length was not 100m, so in order to be able to compare the abundance of litter from different beaches a normalization is applied using this formula: Number of plastic bags related items of the survey (normalized by 100 m) = Number of plastic bags related items of the survey x (100 / survey length) Then, this normalized number of plastic bags related items is summed to obtain the total normalized number of plastic bags related items for each survey. Finally, the median abundance of plastic bags related items for each beach and year is calculated from these normalized abundances of plastic bags related items per survey. Percentiles 50, 75, 95 & 99 have been calculated taking into account plastic bags related items from other sources data for all years. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.
Point of contact
EMODnet Chemistry
sextant@ifremer.fr
Resource constraints
CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spatial extent
['-53.602', '41.771', '28.394', '81.686']
Type
series
Metadata information
Identifier
Keywords
/Human Activities/Pollution ; Thèmes Sextant ;

Oceanographic geographical features ;

Beach litter abundance ; Litter abundance and type ;

Mediterranean Sea ; Baltic Sea ; Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) ; North Sea ; Black Sea ; Arctic Ocean ;

EMODnet Chemistry ;

sediment ;

Marine litter ;

Resource provider(s)


IFREMER / IDM / SISMER - Scientific Information Systems for the SEA
+33 (0)2 98.22.49.16
+33 (0)2 98.22.46.44
http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/
web site
information
sismer@ifremer.fr

Ifremer / VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)
+33 (02 40.37.40.00
+33 (0)2 40.37.40.01
https://wwz.ifremer.fr/Recherche-Technologie/Departements-scientifiques/Departement-Oceanographie-et-Dynamique-des-Ecosystemes/VIGIES
web site
information
morgan.le.moigne@ifremer.fr

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
http://www.ogs.trieste.it/
web site
information
nodc@ogs.trieste.it

Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)
+33 (02 40.37.40.00
+33 (0)2 40.37.40.01
https://wwz.ifremer.fr/Recherche/Departements-scientifiques/Departement-Oceanographie-et-Dynamique-des-Ecosystemes/VIGIES
web site
information
morgan.le.moigne@ifremer.fr

IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA
+33 (0)2 98.22.49.16
+33 (0)2 98.22.46.44
http://data.ifremer.fr/SISMER
web site
information
sismer@ifremer.fr

Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy
http://dce.au.dk/en/
web site
information

Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience
+45 8715 0000
+45 8715 4326
http://bios.au.dk/en/
web site
information
bios@au.dk

Aegean Greeners
https://es-la.facebook.com/Aegean-Greeners-2171999923067555/
web site
information
greeners@aegean.gr

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
+30 22730-61191
http://archipelago.gr/en/about-us/
web site
information
info@archipelago.gr

Asociación Vertidos Cero
http://www.vertidoscero.com
web site
information
info@vertidoscero.com

Black Sea NGO Network
+359 52 615856
+359 52 602047
https://www.bsnn.org/
web site
information
bsnn@bsnn.org

Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Division of Marine Biology and Ecology
+357-22807807
+357-22775955
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/dfmr/dfmr.nsf/index_en/index_en?OpenDocument
web site
information
director@dfmr.moa.gov.cy

Disciplinary Centre of Marine Research and Environmental
+351 223 401 800
+351 223 390 608
http://www.ciimar.up.pt
web site
information
secretariado@ciimar.up.pt

ECAT-Environmental Center for Administration & Technology
+355 4 223930 / 274553
+355 4 223930
http://www.ecat-tirana.org
web site
information
ecat@ecat-tirana.org

Estonian Green Movement
https://www.roheline.ee/en/
web site
information
info@roheline.ee

European Environment Agency
https://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us
web site
information

eXXpedition
https://exxpedition.com/
web site
information

Foundation for Environmental Education, Latvia
+371 67225112
http://www.videsfonds.lv
web site
information
fonds@zemesdraugi.lv

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography
+30-22910-76452. -76460
+30-22910-76347
https://www.hcmr.gr/
web site
information
iosecretariat@hcmr.gr

Hold Danmark Rent
https://www.holddanmarkrent.dk
web site
information
kontakt@holddanmarkrent.dk

Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia
+386(0)14775300
http://www.izvrs.si/?lang=en
web site
information
info@izvrs.si

Institute of Marine Biology (IMBK)
+382 32 33 45 70
+382 32 33 45 70
https://www.ucg.ac.me/ibm/
web site
information
danijela.j@ucg.ac.me

Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
+90 (324) 5212406
+90 (324) 5212327
http://ims.metu.edu.tr/
web site
information

Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
+359 52370486
+359 52370483
http://io-bas.bg/
web site
information
office@io-bas.bg

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
+45 3338 6700
+45 3393 4215
http://www.ices.dk
web site
information
info@ices.dk

Isotech Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy
+357 22452727
https://www.isotech.com.cy/
web site
information
info@isotech.com.cy

Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management
https://www.istanbul.edu.tr/enstituler/denizbilimleri/denizbilimleri.htm
web site
information

Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO)
+995 32 253222; +99532 222372
+99532 253222
http://www.oceandna.ge
web site
information
wocean@telenet.ge

KIMO International Secretariat
http://www.kimointernational.org/about-us/mission-statement/
web site
information

Legambiente
+39 06862681
+39 0686218474
https://www.legambiente.it/
web site
information
legambiente@legambiente.it

Marine Conservation Society
01989 566017
01989 567815
https://www.mcsuk.org/
web site
information

Maritime Training Center for Pollution Prevention, Safety at Sea and Environmental Awareness
http://helmepa.gr/en/
web site
information

Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development
+30 2103247490
+30 2103317127
http://mio-ecsde.org/
web site
information
info@mio-ecsde.org

National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"
40 241 543288
40 241 831274
http://www.rmri.ro
web site
information
office@alpha.rmri.ro

National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology
40 21 2522594
40 212522594
http://www.geoecomar.ro
web site
information
geoecomar@geoecomar.ro

Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum"
+40 241 612422
https://www.marenostrum.ro/
web site
information
office@marenostrum.ro

Norwegian Environment Agency
+47 73 58 05 00
+47 73 58 05 01
web site
information
post@miljodir.no

OceanCare
https://www.oceancare.org
web site
information

Plastic Change
https://plasticchange.org
web site
information
info@plasticchange.org

Portuguese Association for Marine Litter, APLM
https://www.aplixomarinho.org
web site
information
ap.lixomarinho@gmail.com

State Oceanographic Institute
+7 (499) 246-7288
+7 (499) 246-72-88
http://www.oceanography.ru
web site
information
adm@oceanography.ru, korshenko@mail.ru

Surfers Against Sewage
https://www.sas.org.uk
web site
information
info@sas.org.uk

Surfrider Foundation Europe
https://surfrider.eu/en/organization/
web site
information

Turkish Marine Research Foundation
+ 90 216 424 07 72
+ 90 216 424 07 71
http://tudav.org/
web site
information
info@tudav.org

Ukrainian scientific center of Ecology of Sea
+38 0482 636622
+380 482 636873
http://www.sea.gov.ua
web site
information
accem@te.net.ua

Lineage
The data used as input for this product have been extracted from the EMODnet Chemistry Download Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search