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<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on Sea-based Marine Litter in the NOWPAP RegionThe document was prepared by the Marine Environmental EmergencyPreparedness and Response <strong>Regional</strong> Activity Centre of the Northwest PacificAction Plan (NOWPAP MERRAC) under MERRAC Specific Projects, based uponthe National <strong>Report</strong>s developed by the NOWPAP member states. The followingindividuals contributed to writing various drafts of the document and to the overallediting of the document: Ms. Hyon-Jeong NOH, Dr. Seong-Gil KANG and Dr. Jeong-Hwan OH of NOWPAP MERRAC. The document was circulated to NOWPAPmember states and NOWPAP <strong>Regional</strong> Coordinating Unit (RCU), and then revisedaccording to the comments that were received.ISBN 978-89-93604-11-5Copyright © NOWPAP MERRAC 2009All rights reserved.No part of this publication may, for sales purposes,be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmittedin any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic,magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise,without prior permission in writing from theNOWPAP MERRACPublished in 2008by NOWPAP MERRACP.O.Box 23, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-600, Republic of Korea(c/o MOERI/KORDI)For bibliographical purposes, this document may be cited as:NOWPAP MERRAC 2008: <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on Sea-based Marine Litterin the NOWPAP Regionii
<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on Sea-based Marine Litter in the NOWPAP RegionContents1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 12. Marine Litter from Sea-based Sources in the NOWPAP Region ................. 22.1 What are marine litter and its sea-based sources? .................................... 22.2 Distribution of sea-based marine litter in the NOWPAP member states .... 31) People’s Republic of China ................................................................... 42) Japan ..................................................................................................... 53) Republic of Korea .................................................................................. 54) Russian Federation ............................................................................... 53. Impacts of Sea-based Marine Litter ............................................................... 74. Monitoring Programmes in the NOWPAP Region ........................................ 94.1 Monitoring programmes of the NOWPAP member states .......................... 94.2 Floating litter monitoring ............................................................................ 105. Law and Policies to Manage Sea-based Marine Litter ................................ 135.1 Laws and regulations related to marine litter ............................................. 131) People’s Republic of China .................................................................. 132) Japan .................................................................................................... 143) Republic of Korea ................................................................................. 144) Russian Federation .............................................................................. 155.2 Policies and systems to manage marine litter ........................................... 161) Prevention of illegal discharge and dumping from ships ...................... 162) Removal of sea-based marine litter ..................................................... 176. Port Reception and Treatment Facilities ...................................................... 191) People’s Republic of China .................................................................. 192) Japan .................................................................................................... 203) Republic of Korea ................................................................................. 214) Russian Federation .............................................................................. 217. Outreach Programmes ................................................................................... 248. Recommendations ......................................................................................... 26iii
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