Recently there have been a number of reports and papers on the sheer scale of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans http://cmscoms.com/?p=2789 ; recently more work has been published including: Plastic waste from land to sea – A paper in Science estimating levels in the world oceans http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768.abstract Dr Lucy Woodhall,  was the lead author […]

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Two useful reports: The economic case for investment in natural capital. This covers a wide variety of water and marine issues https://nebula.wsimg.com/8755553ec25d9cd0dc9407fa5e4aa408?AccessKeyId=68F83A8E994328D64D3D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 The economic case for investment in Natural Capital – marine appendix – fish and shellfisheries. This is a particularly useful economic assessment of the fisheries and shellfisheries sector https://nebula.wsimg.com/2fd9d1a8a42128eb4c8f7cd3f8c8c2c8?AccessKeyId=68F83A8E994328D64D3D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1  

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