@article{fdi:010079045,
  title = {{M}inimum drift times infer trajectories of ghost nets found in the {M}aldives},
  author = {{S}telfox, {M}. and {L}ett, {C}hristophe and {R}eid, {G}. and {S}ouch, {G}. and {S}weet, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study explores methods to estimate minimum drift times of ghost nets found in the {M}aldives with the aim of identifying a putative origin. {W}e highlight that percentage cover of biofouling organisms and capitulum length of {L}epas anatifera are two methods that provide these estimates. {E}ight ghost nets were collected in the {M}aldives and estimated drift times ranged between 7.5 and 101 days. {A}dditionally, {L}agrangian simulations identified drift trajectories of 326 historical ghost nets records. {P}urse seine fisheries (associated with {K}orea, {M}auritius, the {P}hilippines, {S}pain, {F}rance and {S}eychelles) and gill nets from {S}ri {L}anka were identified as 'high risk' fisheries with regard to likley origins of ghost nets drifting into the {M}aldives. {T}hese fisheries are active in areas where dense particle clusters occured (drift trajectories between 30 and 120 days). {I}nterestingly, ghost nets drifting less than 30 days however, remained inside the exclusive economic zone of the {M}aldivian archipelago highlighting potential illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity is occuring in this area. {T}his study therefore points to the urgent need for gear loss reporting to be undertaken, especially by purse seine and gill net fisheries in order to ascertain the source of this major threat to marine life. {T}his should also be coupled with an improvment in the data focused on spatial distribution of the abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear originating from both largeand small-scale fisheries.},
  keywords = {{G}host nets ; {L}agrangian ; {P}urse seine ; {G}ill nets ; {B}iofouling ; {D}rift trajectories ; {P}lastisphere ; {P}lastics ; {P}ollution ; {MALDIVES} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}arine {P}ollution {B}ulletin},
  volume = {154},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 111037 [13 p.]},
  ISSN = {0025-326{X}},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111037},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079045},
}