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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2021.27.7.967

Study to Improve the Legal System to Reduce Marine Accidents caused by Marine Plastic Litter  

Lee, Hye-Jin (Maritime Safety Department, Shipping and Logistics Research Division, Korea Maritime Institute)
Kim, Bo-Ram (Maritime Safety Department, Shipping and Logistics Research Division, Korea Maritime Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.27, no.7, 2021 , pp. 967-976 More about this Journal
Abstract
Over the last ten years, the number of entanglement marine accidents has increased more than other accident types. This study analyzed the annual statistical report of marine accidents from the Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal and Korea Coast Guard. Despite some discrepancies between data of the two organizations, it was found that marine accidents involving fishing vessels were more prevalent than those involving non-fishing vessels. In addition, the main floating materials that caused wounded entanglement accidents were fishing nets, fishing gear, and ropes, and the proportion of them was high. Foreign and domestic policies on marine plastics recognize most marine plastics as marine environmental hazards and focus on marine litter recovery and the prevention of marine pollution. The representative Acts related to the marine environment and marine litter, the Marine Environment Management Act and the Marine Waste and Sediments Management Act, recognize marine litter as a type of marine waste, and deal with the types and definition of this waste. However, clearly defining marine waste is difficult. Therefore, this study tried to examine the relevant legal system of marine litter on ship operation and suggested improvement measures. Moreover, the definition of marine litter for the safe navigation and operation of ships was clearly proposed.
Keywords
Marine accident; Entanglement Accident; Marine Plastic Litter; Marine Litter; Maritime Safety Act;
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