Marine Debris Project Final Report 2014

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Wealth from Oceans FlagshipCitationHardesty, BD and C Wilcox (2013) Understanding the effects of marine debris on wildlife: Year 2 progressreport to Earthwatch Australia.Contact detailsBritta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000. Email:denise.hardesty@csiro.auChris Wilcox, CSIRO <strong>Marine</strong> and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000. Email:chris.wilcox@csiro.auCopyright and disclaimer© 2013 CSIRO To the extent permitted by law, all rights are reserved and no part of this publicationcovered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means except with the writtenpermission of CSIRO.Important disclaimerCSIRO advises that the information contained in this publication comprises general statements based onscientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incompleteor unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on thatinformation without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extentpermitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all liability to any person forany consequences, including but not limited to all losses, damages, costs, expenses and any othercompensation, arising directly or indirectly from using this publication (in part or in whole) and anyinformation or material contained in it.Page | 218
ContentsContents 219List of Figures 220List of Appendices 221Acknowledgements 2221 Overview 2232 Year One in Review (a brief synopsis) 2253 Accomplishments and achievements in Year 2 2263.1 Coastal debris surveys ....................................................................................................................... 2263.2 At sea surveys .................................................................................................................................... 2293.3 National data portal (improvements) ............................................................................................... 2323.4 Scientist for a Day.............................................................................................................................. 2323.5 TeachWild Intensive Research Teams ............................................................................................... 2333.6 Other CSIRO research activities ........................................................................................................ 2333.7 Stakeholder and policy impacts ........................................................................................................ 2373.8 International engagement ................................................................................................................ 2383.9 Communications and media ............................................................................................................. 2383.10 Publications completed or in advances stages of preparation ......................................................... 2414 Anticipated achievements in Year 3 (Looking forward) 2445References 245Page | 219
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ..
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Part IIntroductionMarine debris pos
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entanglement in derelict fishing ge
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What is next for the marine debris
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In year one of the project we carri
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encompassed the largest geographic
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fishing). Further information on th
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debris ingested by turtles to the d
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Some of our major research findings
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Part VSources, Distribution and Fat
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terrestrial sources to coastal debr
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component gives a measure of the re
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Figure 4. Debris density along the
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Part VIThreat to Wildlife6. Overvie
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In order to facilitate an assessmen
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As human population growth continue
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Entanglements were primarily observ
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Part VIICitizen Science7. OverviewI
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immersion in a hands-on learning en
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Sample sizes for all groups was low
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8.2 Container Deposit: an effective
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experimentally, termed a before-aft
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collaboration with Ghostnets Austra
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volunteer clean up data. The survey
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