Marine Trash - A Grievous Menace in Near Future!!
V. Lakshme Gayathre*
Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thalainayeru, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tamil Nadu (614 712), India
M. Kalaiarasan
Directorate of Incubation and Vocational Training in Fisheries, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tamil Nadu (623 519), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Impacts, Marine trash, Preventive measures, Recycle
Abstract
Any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment is defined as Marine Trash. It consists of items that deliberately discarded in to the sea or rivers or on beaches have been made or used by people brought indirectly to the sea with rivers, accidental lost sewage, storm water or winds etc. This article mainly focus on different sources of marine trash, its impacts and the preventive measures to take up to save our ocean.
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