A lesser known but emerging issue, recreational fishing debris and the anglers' opinions in South Korea.

The abundance and characteristics of marine debris originating from recreational fishing were examined across 55 sites in four different regions in Korea. The result shows that the average abundance of debris was 4.3 ± 4.

Towards a North Pacific long-term monitoring program for ocean plastic pollution: A systematic review and recommendations for shorelines.

Increased organized monitoring is key to improving our understanding of marine debris on shorelines. Shorelines are demonstrated sinks for marine debris but efforts to quantify debris often fail to capture and report core variables and survey design techniques necessary to ensure study repeatability, comparability and to provide meaningful results. Here, we systematically review the available literature regarding marine debris distribution and abundance on shorelines of countries bordering the North Pacific Ocean (NPO), which are demonstrated to have unusually high marine debris abundance and diversity both at the ocean surface and stranded on shorelines.

Navigational threats by derelict fishing gear to navy ships in the Korean seas.

This study assessed the impact of derelict fishing gear (DFG) on navigation. The Republic of Korea's navy (ROKN) recorded every case of approximately 170 naval ships associated with propeller entanglement by DFG from January 2010 to December 2015. The frequency of cases was 2.