A Whirlpool of Plastic Wastes in the Varna Bay

Authors

  • T. TRAYANOV Institute of Oceanology, BG – 9000 Varna, Bulgaria Author
  • D. GERDZIKOV Institute of Fish Resources, BG – 9000 Varna, Bulgaria Author

Keywords:

sea ecology, environmental pollution, plastic wastes, the Black Sea, Varna Bay

Abstract

This paper reports on the growth of seawater pollution by synthetic plastic wastes during the last decade. Plastics accounted for the major item of marine solid wastes which pollute the sea water, seabed and beaches. The author in the water area of Varna Bay observed a whirlpool of „plastic soup“ in 1998, 2000 and 2008. Part of it was documented by means of an underwater photo-camera Nikonos -II.

References

Erhard, Zh. and Zh. Sezhen, 1984. Plankton. Gidrometeoizdat, pp. 201–202 (Ru).

MARPOL, 1973. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as modifi ed by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL). Annex V: Prevention of pollution by garbage from ships. Entry into force: 31 December 1988.

Trayanov, T. and E. Ivanov, 2002/2003. Proceeding of the Union of Scientists in Varna, Ser. Ecology, 2, 2002/1, 2003, pp. 82–86 (Bg).

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Published

26.12.2013

Issue

Vol. 19 No. Supplement 1 (2013): Bulgarian Journal of Agruicultural Science

Section

Problems of Science and Practice

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TRAYANOV, T., & GERDZIKOV, D. (2013). A Whirlpool of Plastic Wastes in the Varna Bay. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 19(Supplement 1), 48-50. https://agriacad.eu/ojs/index.php/bjas/article/view/6224