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The distribution and composition of seabed litter in the exclusive economic zone of the West Sea of South Korea (우리나라 서해 근해 해저 쓰레기 분포 및 조성)

  • KIM, Jung Nyun;KANG, Myounghee;JO, Hyun-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.437-445
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    • 2017
  • Distribution and composition of the seabed litters in the exclusive economic zone of the West Sea of South Korea including 18 sea-blocks were investigated using a bottom trawl gear of the R/V Tamgtu 20 (National Institute of Fisheries Science) from 24th April 2011 to 4th May 2012. Each trawl shot was conducted for an hour in each sea-block and the total trawl shots was 18. As a result, 325.6 kg of seabed litter in total has been collected. The quantity of the seabed litter was highest at No. 202 of the sea-block, close to the Heuksan-Do. The highest occupied sea material was plastic (83.1% of entire seabed litters), the second highest material was metal combined with plastic (10.6%), and glass (2.9%), metals (2.3%), vinyl (0.6%), cloth (0.4%) and wood (0.2%) in order. The origin of seabed litters was from fishing gear (89.0% of all seabed litters). Therefore, it could be assumed that most seabed litters were derived from the fishing activity for example fishing nets and ropes.

A Study on the Improvement of Marine Pollution and Marine Litter Managements in Korea (우리나라 해양오염 및 해양폐기물관리 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Kwang-Ha;Kwon, Young-Du;Kim, Jong-Sung
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.33-43
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    • 2013
  • That occur in the ocean and the efficient management of marine litter on marine pollution oil spill response one step further strategies are needed. Marine pollution accidents occurred in 2011, a total of 287 and was found in runoff 369 kL, respectively compared to the previous year decreased by 13% and 39%. Average amount of marine materials during 5-years represent the oil flow of 310.5 kL (heavy fuel oil of 106.0 kL, diesel of 178.9 kL, oily bilge water of 22.3 kL, other oil of 7.7 kL) and the waste of 62.3 tons, the hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) was 510.6 kL. Marine emissions in 2011 by type of waste that a total amount of dumping 3,972 $m^3$, and livestock manure 795 $m^3$(20%), waste water 1,431 $m^3$(36%), sewage sludge 887 $m^3$(22%), wastewater sludge, 813 $m^3$(21%), manure 5 $m^3$(0.1%), other 41 $m^3$(0.9%), respectively. The concept of marine waste and needs to be more clearly defined. Integrated management of hazardous chemicals according to the incident management system should be established. To remove of coastal pollution, response officer needs korean coast response system. Like the marine pollution response, coastal pollution response systems also require step response.

An experimental study on drifting and sinkage of marine debris (해양쓰레기의 부유 및 침강에 관한 실험연구)

  • Song Museok;Lee Junemok;Lee Moonjin;Yu Jeongseok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.47-62
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    • 2001
  • An experimental study was peformed to provide the numerical models to predict the physical fate of marine debris with the key information concerning their trifling and sinkage on the sea. For hygroscopic materials their floating times in a pseudo ocean environment were measured, and for non-hygroscopic objects their drifting limes in a certain wave condition were measured. For sinking materials or objects became to be sinkable free falling experiment was performed to evaluate their falling speed. Summarized information was condensed into a numerical model to predict the most possible region of a significant marine debris accumulation, and the seas connected to the Han river and the Nak-Dong river were considered for the simulation.

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A Comparative Analysis of Fishery and Marine Environment-related Policies on Estimated Amount of Fishery Debris Caused by Fishing (조업기인 어업쓰레기 발생추정량에 대한 어업 및 해양환경 관련 정책 비교분석)

  • Seong, Eun-hye;Kim, Kyung-shin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.906-917
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    • 2022
  • This study aimed to compare differences according to categories of fishery and marine environmental policies for the (estimated) amount of fishery waste generated by fishing, and to analyze the correlation between associated independent and dependent variables. The independent variables were divided into three dif erent sectors. The first sector included precautionary policies that observed eco-friendly fishing support program, institutional prevention activities, and physical barriers installation. The second sector with the current management policies included the relevant vessel operations, establishment of fishery order, fishery restructuring, and fishery ground clean-up. Thirdly, post-response policies comprised the litter purification from river to shoreline, the collection and removal of marine, sedimentary, and floating debris, purchasing salvaged debris generated while fishing, fishery waste disposal, and repairing damage caused by marine litter. The indicator used was the settlement amount by each program. The dependent variable was the estimated amount of fishery waste and the indicator was the sum of the loss of traps and gill nets and the loss of their appendages. According to the results of Kruskal-Wallis Test, the estimated amount of fishery waste was highest in the East Sea in terms of sea area and the highest in the Si(city) according to basic local municipality. The settlement amount related to the marine environment services was largest in the Gun(county). Further, there were significant differences between Gun(county) and the other regions(Si(city) and Gu(autonomous district)) with respect to most variables. The variables related to the estimated amount of fishery debris were the project purchasing salvaged debris generated while fishing and fishery waste disposal program in the post-response policies.

A Study on the Distribution of Marine Litters in the Eastern Part Area of the Southern Sea -mainly on Discarded Pots- (남해 동부 해역에 있어서 해양 오물의 분포에 관한 연구 -폐기된 통발어구를 중심으로-)

  • 김민석
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.386-390
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    • 1999
  • The survey of the marine litter which has sunk and accumulated on the sea-bed was conducted over a 3-years period from 1996 to 1998 in eastern part area of the Southern sea. The obtained results are as follows :There are many pots as many as to be occupies 655 of collected marine litters. The distribution of pots in area A is much more than that of pots in area B, and the near Hongdo island has the most pots compared with other areas. The density of pots is the highest when the depth is 61~70 meters.

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Distribution and Composition of Marine Debris on the Sea Bed around the Busan Port (부산항 부근 해역의 해저폐기물 분포에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Min-Seok;Lee, Jong-Mun;Kim, Jong-Hwa;Kang, Il-Kwon
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.236-243
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    • 2006
  • A series of surveys are performed to evaluate the abundance, composition and distribution of marine debris on the sea bed around the Busan port. In order to set up a master plan for the marine environmental pollution the relevant maritime authority must understand how many and w㏊t kinds of marine litters are distributed on the sea bed. At first we planed to survey areas divided regularly according to the coast line but there were many sea going vessels and fishing boats. So we selected and surveyed the around area where there were no sea going vessels or fishing boats.The obtained results are as follows: 1. The mean values of litters in number and weight are 5.8 pieces/㏊. and 3.5㎏/㏊. respectively. 2. The highest density in terms of number are vinyl and plastic item, and in weight are fishing gear and ship articles. 3. The nearer to the shore we surveyed the more we collected in terms of the density of marine litters in number and in weight per hectare. 4. Eel pot, oiled waste, rope, others, other pot and net of fishing gear litters in number were 59.9, 22.7, 7.9, 4.5, 3.1 and 1.9% respectively. 5. There is no relationship between the amount of fish caught and the amount of marine debris.

Experimental and numerical study on the wave force calculation of a partially immersed horizontal cylindrical float

  • Liu, Bijin;Fu, Danjuan;Zhang, Youquan;Chen, Xiaoyun
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.733-742
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    • 2020
  • Taking the cylindrical float of the floating fence of a floating litter collection device as the research object, based on the shallow immersion characteristics of the cylindrical float, the Morison equation is modified, and the interaction between regular waves and the partially immersed horizontal cylindrical float is discussed in combination with scale model test. The results show that the modified Morison equation can accurately predict the wave force of the horizontal cylindrical float and reveal the influence of amplitude, immersion depth and period on the wave force of the cylindrical float. For partially immersed cylindrical floats, the wave force increases with the increase in wave height and decays with the increase in period. The positive value distribution of the wave force is larger than that of the negative direction, and the difference between the positive and negative directions is mainly affected by the immersion depth.

The Application of Unmanned Aerial Photograpy for Effective Monitoring of Marine Debris (해안표착물의 효율적인 모니터링을 위한 무선 조정 항공기 촬영기법의 적용)

  • Jang, Seon-Woong;Lee, Seong-Kyu;Oh, Seung-Yeol;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Yoon, Hong-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.307-314
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    • 2011
  • This study proposed detection method of Marine debris using unmanned aerial photography. For unmanned aerial photography, a RC(Radio Control) helicopter which has good movability and economics was used. To a camera mounting, a gimbal equipment was attached to the bottom of the RC helicopter. The gimbal equipment is very useful because it is not seriously affected by vibration and rolling. In addition, we invented that digital image processing algorithm using Matlab program for detection of marine debris from photographs. Particularly, background subtraction in invented algorithm was applied. As a result, marine debris of a variety of forms from different sand states of coast were reliably detected. In the future, monitoring using proposed method was expected to contribute that the solution to representative problem of monitoring area selecting and estimate the total litter mass over the beach. Moreover, It is considered a greater application possibility to marine environmental observations.