Marine pollution originating from purse seine and longline fishing vessel operations in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean between 2003-2015 as derived from the Form GEN-6 , a tool to monitor fishing vessel violations.

SPREP completed analysis of the marine pollution incidents reported by fisheries observers employed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Commission and Pacific Islands Foreign Fisheries Agency (SPC/FFA) as shown on the map.

Marine Pollution Report 1

South Pacific Island marine Report

MarinePollution_ppt_Richardson.pdf (4.12 MB)

Marine waste incidence per country

Each value represents the number of dumping events observed on fishing vessels during the period 2003-2015

ENV_Marine_Pollution_Obs_data_v4.csv (484 bytes)
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Marine Pollution in the Pacific