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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2012.18.2.167

Features of Foreign Marine Debris on the Dune Beach of U-i Island, Korea  

Lee, Jong-Myoung (Department of Ecological Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Jang, Yong-Chang (Department of Political Science and Diplomacy)
Hong, Sun-Wook (Our Sea of East Asia Network)
Choi, Hyun-Woo (Ocean Data management Team, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.18, no.2, 2012 , pp. 167-174 More about this Journal
Abstract
Transport of marine debris between countries is a potential source of diplomatic conflicts. U-i Island in Shinan County, Jeonnam Province has been reported by media as being damaged by marine debris from foreign countries. However, scientific researches on those marine debris have not been published. So, the features of foreign marine debris on Seongchon Beach in U-i Island were surveyed on Feb. 2012. The ratio of marine debris from foreign countries was 34.7% by number of items, 56.3% by weight, and 48.5% by volume in $200m^2$ transacts. Most of them, 98.9% in number, were inferred to be originated from China. The most abundant items were plastic beverage bottles and black floats. The total number of black floats was 539 within the 1,100m beach. Fifteen of them had information on manufactured locations, of which 87.6% were Liaoning Province in northern China. As domestic policy cannot prevent the inflow of the marine debris from foreign countries, countermeasures should be sought out from the international cooperation with the neighboring countries. For the black floats, recycling method should be developed as lots of the same types of black floats are drifted ashore in winter. And, as the U-i Island is a National Park with its valuable natural heritages, methods should be designed to minimize impacts on dune topography and ecology.
Keywords
Marine debris; Trans-boundary; Marine pollution; Dune; U-i Island; National park;
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