Monitoring marine plastics in Canada’s North

Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Theme: Human activity
Area of Vulnerability: Coastal communities, Marine ecosystems/living resources
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  • Max LiboironMemorial University of Newfoundland
Funding Call
Irving Shipbuilding Inc. Projects
Region
Atlantic
Years
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Funded By
Network Centres of Excellence (NCE)

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Cycle II, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. Projects

The project established the first studies and the first baseline for plastic ingestion in food fish central to northern sustenance and livelihoods, partnered on the first monitoring exhibition for surface plastics through the arctic, and invented, validated, and released the first inexpensive, do-it-yourself scientific trawl for surface plastic exploration designed explicitly for northern waters.

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