Marine
It’s time to Celebrate the Sea
June 17, 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications 1 Comment | Category Compliance, Marine Directorate general, Marine Directorate Science, Marine Litter, Marine News from other Organisations, Oceanography
Today is World Ocean’s Day! A day recognized by the United Nations as a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. This year, individuals and organizations across the planet are celebrating under the theme “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet” and are promoting prevention of plastic ocean pollution with an array of events and opportunities for everyone to get involved with; such as Selfie for the Sea, The Better Bag Challenge and Wave for Change.
A selection of research studies within this year’s theme of “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet” has been made available, with free to access on ScienceDirect, and one of our colleagues at Marine Scotland, Meadhbh Moriarty, was lucky enough to have her paper (which looks at litter occurrence, composition, distribution and source and describes work Meadhbh carried out while at the Marine Institute, Galway) selected: Spatial and temporal analysis of litter in the Celtic Sea from Groundfish Survey data: Lessons for monitoring – well done Meadhbh, what a fantastic achievement!
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Happy Ocean day! I think we should consider prevention of plastic ocean pollution every day, not just on 8 June.