IMDOS Directory
The directory aims to showcase projects and initiatives that focus on marine debris observation, monitoring and forecasting.
Project name
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Description
Lead organization name
Marine Debris Domain
Beach
Link to the project website
http://www.iopan.pl/
Mercator Ocean International
https://www.mercator-ocean.eu/
1000 Tyes
The 1000 Tyres Project aims to remove tyres and other marine litter from our marine environment, starting by cleaning up Plymouth Sound in Devon, UK. This project started in 2020 and has already removed tonnes of rubbish from the seabed and foreshore. While looking for shipwrecks for another project we found hundreds of tyres and other litter that had been dumped in the sea. Tyres pollute the sea by producing large quantities of microplastics and by leaching poisonous chemicals into the water, so we decided to remove as many as we could. The 1000 Tyres Project team clean up underwater and on the foreshore, we find the litter on the seabed using sonar then we identify it and record its location. The tyres and rubbish are recovered by unpaid volunteers or for bigger jobs we use commercial diving contractors, and it is recycled by our commercial partners. The project team also spend time fundraising or educating the public and stakeholders about the problems of marine litter
The SHIPS Project CIC
Region of interest
UK
Project period completed
0
Project period ongoing
2020-01-01 -
1000tyres.org
Marine Debris in Indonesia
More information are available from these references: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352101169_Floating_marine_debris_along_Indonesian_coasts_An_atlas_of_strandings_based_on_Lagrangian_modelling and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362125375_On_the_Fate_of_floating_marine_debris_carried_to_the_sea_through_the_main_rivers_of_Indonesia and (in french) https://lameteorologie.fr/issues/2022/119/meteo_2022_119_53 enjoy...
AFD/IRD
Indonesia
Surface
2021
https://www.afd.fr/en/actualites/indonesia-ocean-p
EMODNet Chemistry
EMODnet Chemistry provides easy access to marine chemical data, standardised, harmonised and validated data collections and data products for visualisation. These are relevant for the European marine environmental policies to assess the status and trends of ecosystems. Numerous substances are considered, most of which are invisible to the naked eye and are monitored using specialised sensors or laboratory analyses. This evidence-based information supports action against environmental changes that pose a threat to marine ecosystems and human health.
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geo
EU
Other
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https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/chemistry
Dive Against Debris
PADI AWARE has been running a global marine debris citizen science project since 2011, working with recreational divers to remove and catalogue marine debris they remove from the seafloor.
PADI AWARE Foundation
Coastal
2011-06-07 -
https://www.diveagainstdebris.org/
Marine litter in trawlable fishing area
A total of 254 fishing hauls were sampled with a GOC73 bottom trawl during four (04) demersal resource assessment cruises, respectively, in 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2022, carried out on board BELKACEM GRINE R/V. The hauls were performed between 22 and 660 m of depth, Thereafter, all marine litter were counted and weighed separately to the nearest 0.5 g. The results shows that the maximums of marine litter densities are, respectively, 1996 item/km2 in 2016, 5164 item/km2 in 2019, 1350 item/km2 in 2021 and 5813 item/km2 in 2022. Thus, the plastic is the most abundant litter, it represent, respectively, 73% of marine litter in 2016, 83% in 2019, 77% in 2021 and 73% in 2022. Thus, the maximum rate of marine litter compared to the total catch approximate, respectively, 66% in 2016, 90% in 2019, 65% in 2021 and 91% in 2022. In fact, the average loss in catch is estimated, respectively, at 7.4% in 2016, 8.5% in 2019, 5.7% in 2021 and 6% in 2022. However, the bathymetric and geographical variab
National Centre for Research and Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Algerian coast
2016
2023-06-01 - 2027-12-31
https://www.cnrdpa.dz/cnrdpa/?lang=en
The Plastics & Climate Project
The Plastics & Climate Project, phase 1, is a two-year initiative that is identifying what peer-reviewed data exists and what data is lacking in order to fully understand and account for all the climate impacts of plastics, including in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We are not monitoring plastics in situ, rather we are collecting and analyzing data, from which we will estimate the extent of plastic's impact on global average temperature rise. With sufficient funding, we will work with a major scientific institution to implement phase 2, which will involve assembling an international, interdisciplinary team of scientists to refine our recommended research agenda and carry out the needed research.
Global
2023-08-01 -
www.plasticsandclimate.com
Incidence de la Pollution sur la vie marine en Haiti
La FHPS-M lance son projet qui pour titre incidence de la pollution sur la vie marine en Haiti. Ce projet visant a sensibiliser la communaute côtière et de leur mettre au travail volontaire pour la protection de l'environnement marine dans le departement de l'ouest.
Federation Haitienne de la Peche Sportive en Mer
Ile de la Gonave
2024
2025-02-05 - 2025-09-10
www.fhps.mhaiti.org
Periodic surveys on Marine Litter including plastic
Periodic surveys on Marine Litter including plastics organized
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Academic and research institutions, Government age
2006-04-01 -
https://www.env.go.jp/water/post_80.html
Survey of Microplastics and Drifted Litter in Pelagic and Coastal areas
Survey of Microplastics and Drifted Litter in Pelagic and Coastal Waters around Japan
2014-04-01 -
OPAT - Ocean Plastic Alert & Tracking System
Plastic pollution in the ocean poses significant risks to ecosystems, human health, safety, and tourism. The plastics primarily originate from mismanaged waste of land-based human activities and is typically transported during extreme weather events. We present a monitoring strategy that is a synergy of sustainable and affordable solutions relevant to plastics common floating marine litter. The CASSINI Maritime Prize winning OPAT system was developed to better detect floating litter in satellite imagery combined with a predicted 48 hour forecast window tracking of the patch from a sophisticated numerical drift model. Results show that litter often accumulates near river mouths after flooding events resulting from recurring heavy rains in the region. The capabilities of OPAT as an automated near-real-time and forecasting tool are important in supporting informed timely decision making for rapid response efforts after extreme weather events especially for clean-up activities. The OPAT sy
Geomatys
Mediterranean sea
2020
https://www.geomatys.com/en/shoreint/
Texas Litter Database
The Texas Litter Database was designed to capture data on both trash cleanups in the state and targeted litter surveys using a transect method to collect detailed trash data. In 2024, the Texas Litter Database relaunched on a GIS platform to enhance the tracking and reporting of litter across the state. It is available for use anywhere from the individual volunteer to formal research institutions, and the data collected is open source and can be leveraged by anyone at any time. Its improved ease of use has significantly increased rates of data collection, leading to the building of a data set that can provide valuable insights for researchers, policymakers, local government, and community organizations. Keep Texas Beautiful aims to continue to expand this initiative to reach broader audiences and scale the database's use. Strengthened collaboration between community members, environmental organizations, and research institutions can then help to amplify the impact of individual litter
Keep Texas Beautiful
Gulf of Mexico
2020-02-01 -
https://www.texaslitter.org/
TecMAReco
Marine litter, specifically plastics at sea, represents one of the most studied emerging marine pollutants. The existing scientific literature has already listed effects that plastics at sea (belonging to the 3 size categories of mega-, macro- and micro-plastics – hereafter referred as MP) can have a global scale on a variety of marine ecosystems and the inhabiting species. The promotion of harmonised/standardised monitoring and the development of validated high resolution dispersion models have been recognised as the more effective tool to inform management measures (i.e. mitigation), two salient management cornerstones when dealing with marine systems on transitional areas (e.g. Italy and Malta). The project take advantage by knowledge and tools already acquired and tested through previously developed cooperation projects (HARMONY SenHAR, CapSenHAR, CALYPSO, CALYPSO FO, CALYPSO South) that are here integrated on a joint mission to reach 2 solutions: a cross-border early detection s
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - Sicily Marine Center
Sicily and Malta (Central Mediterranean Sea)
2025-05-02 - 2027-11-02
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