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Summary of preliminary classification and identification of ‘non-problem areas’ and ‘potential problem areas’ with respect to marine litter in Europe’s Seas for all areas and for four regions

Figure Created 25 Nov 2022 Published 19 Jan 2023 Last modified 19 Jan 2023

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The MALT tool assesses status with respect to maring litter, assigning a class of High, Good, Moderate, Poor or Bad. The larger figure shows the sum of assessed area having each of the status classes across Europe's Seas and the four smaller figures shows the summarizerd area for each status class within four regions: (1) Baltic Sea, (2) North-east Atlantic Ocean, (3) Mediterranean Sea and (4) Black Sea

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Methodology:: See the ETC report "Marine Litter in Europe - An integrated assessment from source to sea"
Units:: area km2
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA), European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA); European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
Figure type:: Graph