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Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches
Marine debris is widely distributed at the coastal area of the global oceans; however, shipborne garbage source studies are still lacking to document the pollution in Malaysia Territorial Water. Thus, this study has adopted a standard method of beach marine debris survey at five beaches and inspecte...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27819020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5126951 |
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author | Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin Ling, Teck-Yee Husain, Mohd-Lokman Hassan, Ruhana |
author_facet | Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin Ling, Teck-Yee Husain, Mohd-Lokman Hassan, Ruhana |
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description | Marine debris is widely distributed at the coastal area of the global oceans; however, shipborne garbage source studies are still lacking to document the pollution in Malaysia Territorial Water. Thus, this study has adopted a standard method of beach marine debris survey at five beaches and inspected 115 vessels to assess the type and amount of debris from shipping source stranded on the beach. This study found that vessel visiting Malaysian ports observed the MARPOL 73/78 Annex V requirements; however, identified objects from shipping activity (1.3%; 2 items/km) found on the beaches indicate that there are vessels disposing of garbage illegally at sea. Therefore, there is a need to promote the use of biodegradable material and introduce environmental education to increase awareness on the vessel. |
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spelling | pubmed-50805202016-11-06 Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin Ling, Teck-Yee Husain, Mohd-Lokman Hassan, Ruhana ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Marine debris is widely distributed at the coastal area of the global oceans; however, shipborne garbage source studies are still lacking to document the pollution in Malaysia Territorial Water. Thus, this study has adopted a standard method of beach marine debris survey at five beaches and inspected 115 vessels to assess the type and amount of debris from shipping source stranded on the beach. This study found that vessel visiting Malaysian ports observed the MARPOL 73/78 Annex V requirements; however, identified objects from shipping activity (1.3%; 2 items/km) found on the beaches indicate that there are vessels disposing of garbage illegally at sea. Therefore, there is a need to promote the use of biodegradable material and introduce environmental education to increase awareness on the vessel. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5080520/ /pubmed/27819020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5126951 Text en Copyright © 2016 Julyus-Melvin Mobilik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin Ling, Teck-Yee Husain, Mohd-Lokman Hassan, Ruhana Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches |
title | Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches |
title_full | Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches |
title_fullStr | Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches |
title_short | Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches |
title_sort | type and quantity of shipborne garbage at selected tropical beaches |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27819020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5126951 |
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