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type: thesis
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creators_name: Merten, Markus
title: An investigation of sailing activities as a possible pathway for marine plastic litter in the southern North-Sea region
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Over eight million metric tons of plastic end up in the world’s oceans annually, threating ecosystems and leading to environmental degradation. In order to develop strategies that can limit the amount of plastic ending up in the environment and minimizing the consequences for numerous receptors, it is necessary to identify possible sources and pathways. The sailing sport is considered a large industry operating in the southern North-Sea region. Numerous policies and regulatory measures have already been implemented, legally prohibiting plastic and other types of trash entering the marine environment through sailing activities. Responding to the increasing number of new pathways and sources for marine litter, this research investigates to what extent the sailing sport along the coastline of Lower-Saxony Germany contributes to the problem of plastic pollution in the marine environment and how possible points of entry can be managed.
date: 2019
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Niekerk, F.
tutors_name: Schaal, P.
keywords_local: Sailing Sport
keywords_local: Plastic Pollution
keywords_local: Marine Litter
keywords_local: Problem Perception
language_iso: en
titleorder: Investigation of sailing activities as a possible pathway for marine plastic litter in the southern North-Sea region
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2019-01-01
citation:   Merten, Markus  (2019) An investigation of sailing activities as a possible pathway for marine plastic litter in the southern North-Sea region.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2088/1/S3837912_MMerten.pdf