This visualization product displays the number of MSFD or non-MSFD surveys and the associated temporal coverage per beach. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the total abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the cigarette related items abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys without UNEP-MARLIN data.It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the cigarette related items abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys related to UNEP-MARLIN data only. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) material categories percentage per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the plastic bags abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the fishing & aquaculture related plastic items abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays beaches locations where MSFD or non-MSFD protocols have been applied to collate data on macrolitter (> 2.5 cm). It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; Reference lists associated with these protocols have been indicated with different colors in the map. EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the single use plastics (SUP) related items abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from MSFD or non-MSFD surveys. It has two layers: - Official monitoring: where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied; - Other sources: where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied; EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data, as these differ between the "official monitoring" and "other sources" layers, detailed information is available in the metadata of each layer. More information is available in the attached documents. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

This visualization product displays the marine litter material categories percentage per trawl. EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of seafloor litter collected by international fish-trawl surveys have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols (OSPAR and MEDITS protocols) and reference lists used on a European scale. Moreover, within the same protocol, different gear types are deployed during fishing bottom trawl surveys. Unlike other EMODnet seafloor litter products, all trawls surveyed since 2007 are included in this map even if the wingspread and/or the distance are unknown. Only surveys with an unknown number of items were excluded from this product. Harmonization of the material categories between ICES and MEDITS lists has been performed and the following calculation has been applied: Material % = (∑Number of items of each material category*100)/(∑Number of items of all material categories) More information on data processing and calculation are detailed in the document attached. Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.