“Masks on the Beach: The impact of COVID-19 on marine plastic pollution.”

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 â€œMasks on the Beach: The impact of COVID-19 on marine plastic pollution.”

2Authors: Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, Director of Research, OceansAsiaSam Cooke, Research Associate, OceansAsiaEdited and Design:Gary Stokes

About OceansAsiaOceansAsia is a marine conservation organization dedicated to investigating and researching wildlife crimes, and exposing and bringing to justice those destroying and polluting marine ecosystems. We use the latest technologies, creative ingenuity, and a wide range of investigative and research techniques to identify criminal activity in the fisheries supply chain, and to keep one step ahead of those under investigation.Recommended CitationPhelps Bondaroff, Teale, and Cooke, Sam. (2020, December). “Masks on the Beach: The impact of COVID-19 on marine plastic pollution.”

OceansAsia. Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge our colleagues who helped review this report, including Dr. Oluniyi Olatunji Fadare,from the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Eco-toxicology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Aaron Thierry, Cardiff University, and Dr. Bryce Casavant.

We are grateful for their insight and recommendations. We are grateful for the photography and support of Naomi Brannan. We are indebted to Stan Phelpsfor his support in editing this report. Masks on the Beach: The Impact of COVID-19 on Marine Plastic Pollution

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