Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas

Author : JRC scientific and policy reports
Publication year : 2013
Languages : EN
Geographical areas : European Union
Keywords : Advocacy & Regulation, Certification, Microplastics, Replicable guidelines and feedback, Toolkit and technical sheets
Abstract

The objective of such Guidance is to provide recommendations and information needed to monitor marine litter. It describes specific protocols and considerations to collect, report and asses data on marine litter, in particular beach litter, floating litter, seafloor litter, litter in biota and microlitter.