FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (2024) Marine litter - Assessing the distribution and impact of marine litter in Africa and the Bay of Bengal: An initiative of the EAF-NANSEN Programme. p. 6.
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Urgent action is needed to reduce the leakage of plastics to the ocean. To do this we need more information on the quantities and types of litter that have leaked, especially from regions and countries where data are scarce or lacking. With more knowledge, we will also be able to estimate the risk to local fishing communities in terms of social health well-being and economic resilience. In addition, we will be better placed to assess the impact of litter on key maritime sectors, such as fisheries, as well as on key environmental indicators such as breeding grounds and sensitive habits. The EAF-Nansen Programme has been running two studies on marine litter. The first study involved the recording of the litter retrieved in the demersal trawl, during surveys with the research vessel (R/V) Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, in the period 2011–2023. The second study examined the impact of marine litter on the beach seine fishery of four countries in the Gulf of Guinea. The EAF-Nansen Programme is a longstanding partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Norway, dating back to 1975. It is executed by FAO in close collaboration with the Institute of Marine Research in Norway (IMR), and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Marine Litter, Africa, Bay of Bengal, FAO, Fishing Communities, Sustainable Fisheries, Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF), Food Security, Livelihood, IMR |
| Subjects: | Biodiversity |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 10:26 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22519 |
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