Acronym PlasM
Category
Fisheries
Title Plastic litter and marine fish Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Ulrike Kammann Coordinator email ulrike.kammann@thuenen.de
Coordinator institution
TI-FI - Thunen Institute - Institute of Fishery Ecology (Germany)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2017 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 396,268 Website NA Summary Marine litter is a global problem. Plastic litter in the sea is problematic due to its persistence. In Europe about 70-80% of total marine litter are plastics. Especially smaller particles, microplastics, which are particles smaller than 5 mm, are regarded as ecologically problematic. Microplastics can be taken up by marine organisms, accumulate in the food chain and cause harm to the organism as well as being the source for contaminants. PlasM investigates the amount of plastic litter in marine fish in the North Sea as well as in the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters. Further on, the potential negative impact of plastic to fish health will be investigated. The aim is a better evaluation of the risk posed by plastics to marine fish. The project comprises a chemical analytical task on extraction, identification and quantification of microplastics in fish, investigation of microplastics in relevant fish species from North Sea and Baltic Sea respectively, as well as exposure studies. With the latter, possible effects of microplastics to fish will be quantified aiming at the evaluation of the amount of plastic found in the wild. These investigations are related to environmental assessment as demanded by the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Keywords
Pollution;
Impacts;
Microplastics;
Fish;
Marine litter;
Fish health;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
20
Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
17
Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
18
West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
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Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
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Central North Sea (27.IVb)
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East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
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Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
19
Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
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Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
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Marine Region Map
