1/ According to a new study, floating marine life, known as “#neuston,” often ends up in the same places as #plastic says @RebeccaRHelm. Apparently, buoyant plastic debris and organisms tend to float up & clump together in water, like cereal in a bowl. wired.co.uk/article/ocean-…
2/ Here's the link to the study, which IMO emphasizes again, that we urgently need international science-based criteria for environmental impact assessments in place BEFORE such technologies are allowed to be implemented in the #HighSeas. #plastic #BBNJ
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
3/ "We found that densities of floating life were higher inside the central NPGP than on its periphery & that there was a positive relationship between neuston abundance and #plastic abundance for 3 out of 5 neuston taxa, Velella, Porpita and Janthina."
Look at these beauties 👇
Look at these beauties 👇
4/ I am not aware of any studies on by-catch mortality, but from my PhD on trawl by-catch mortality of benthic animals, I assume that it will be high. I suspect these fragile gelatinous creatures will be much more sensitive to capture by nets.
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