Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human
activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of …

Plastic litter is encountered in aquatic ecosystems across the globe, including polar
environments and the deep sea. To mitigate the adverse societal and ecological impacts of …

Derelict abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear have profound adverse effects. We
assessed gear-specific relative risks from derelict gear to rank-order fishing methods based …

The amount of marine debris in the environment is increasing worldwide, which results in an
array of negative effects to biota. This study provides the first account of macrodebris on the …

The increasing demand for and reliance on plastics as an everyday item, and rapid rise in
their production and subsequent indiscriminate disposal, rise in human population and …

Marine plastic pollution is a symptom of an inherently wasteful linear plastic economy,
costing us more than US $2.2 trillion per year. Of the 6.3 billion tonnes of fossil fuel-derived …

There is a paucity of data in the published literature on the ecological and economic impacts
of derelict fishing traps (DFTs) in coastal ecosystems. We synthesized results from seven …

Derelict fishing gear is a source of mortality for target and non-target marine species. A
program employing commercial watermen to remove marine debris provided a novel …

Every year, millions of pots and traps are lost in crustacean fisheries around the world.
Derelict fishing gear has been found to produce several harmful environmental and …

Stock overexploitation, bycatch, discards and gear impacts on the environment are
outstanding issues for Mediterranean fisheries. The adoption of alternative fishing gears is …