Marine Debris 101International Reports

 

Non-Peer Reviewed Literature (International/Worldwide)

Burton H. and M. Riddle. 2002. Marine debris in the Southern Ocean. Australian Government Department of Environmental Heritage, Australian Antarctic Division.

GESAMP (Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution). 1991. The State of the Marine Environment. London: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 146 pp

GESAMP. 1997. Opportunistic settlers and the problem of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi invasion in the Black Sea. IMO/FAO/UNESCO/WMO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection. GESAMP reports and studies No. 58. 84 pp

GESAMP. 2001. Protecting the Oceans from Land-based Activities. GESAMP Reports and Studies no 71. UNEP 2001

Golik, A. 1997. Debris in the Mediterranean Sea: types, quantities, and behavior. In J. M. Coe and D. B. Rogers (eds), Marine Debris: Sources, Impacts, and Solutions. Springer-Verlag. New York, NY, pp. 7-14

Greenpeace. 2006. Plastic Debris in the World’s Oceans.

Hareide N-R., G. Garnes, D. Rihan, M. Mulligan M, P. Tyndall, M. Clark, P. Connolly P, R. Misund, R. McMullen, D. Furevik, O. B. Humborstad, K. Hoydal and T. Blasdale. 2005. A preliminary investigation on shelf edge and deepwater fixed net fisheries to the west and north of Great Britain, Ireland, and Rockall and Hatton Batik. Presented at the ICES Annual Science Conference, 20-24 September, 2005, in Aberdeen, U.K

HELMEPA-LIFE. 1997. Integrated demonstration scheme for solid waste management, recycling and investigation for waste on unspoiled, non-developed beaches. Final Report, Athens

HELMEPA-MEDSPA. 1991. Public Awareness Campaign for the Abatement of Pollution by Litter of the Greek coasts and Seas. Final Report. Athens

HELMEPA-MEDSPA. 1994. Uniform Environmental Initiative - Action Programme in the Mediterranean. Final Report. Athens

Kiessling, I. 2003. Finding solutions: Derelict fishing gear and other marine debris in Northern Australia. National Oceans Office

Saydam, C., I. Salihoglu, M. Sakarya and A. Yilmaz. 1984. Dissolved/dispersed petroleum hydrocarbons, suspended sediment, plastic, pelagic tar and other litter in the northeastern Meditteranean. In: CIESM/UNEP/IOC: Workshop on Pollution of the Mediterranean. Lucerne, CIESM, pp. 509-517

Sheavly, S. B. 2005. Marine Debris - an Overview of a Critical Issue for Our Oceans. Paper Presented at the "Sixth Meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans & the Law of the Sea." June 6-10, 2005. New York, NY. 7 pp

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 1994. Regional Overview of Land-Based Sources of Pollution in the Wider Caribbean Region. CEP Technical Report No. 33, UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica

UNEP. 2005. Marine Litter, an analytical overview.

UNEP/IOC/FAO. 1991. Assessment of the state of pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by persistent synthetic materials, which can float, sink or remain in suspension. MAP Technical Reports Series no. 56. UNEP, Athens, 113 pp

White, D., K. Cook, and C. Hamilton. 2004. The Net Kit: A Fishing Net Identification Guide for Northern Australia. World Wildlife Fund Australia, Sydney

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