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Sweden:SURVEYS/MONITORING/OTHERName of the projects 1. OSPAR Pilot Project on Monitoring Marine Beach Litter2. Retrieving lost gearOrganizations 1. OSPAR2. Swedish board of FisheriesTime periods 1. 2001-20092. approx 2004Methods 1. Collection and registration of litter items on reference beaches 4times per year2. Dragging for lost gearsType of Data collected 1. Number of items and type of items2. Amounts of gears, number of newly caught fishes, speciescaughtPublication/web addresses 1. OSPAR BDC 2007. 07/05/042. Unpublished reportOther monitoring programmes related to marine litter in the Sweden:In 2004, a small pilot survey was made of the seabed on the Swedish west coast, in the Kattegat, alongtransects 50–60 kilometres long, at water depths ranging from 6–30 metres. The sea beds in the area vary,from rocky hard bottoms to soft bottoms, including one area sloping from a depth of 12 to a depth of 30metres. Marine litter, including lost/discarded fishing gear, was found on all bottom types. The items werescattered and no major accumulations of marine litter were found. The sea beds were video-filmed bymeans of special underwater video equipment as an alternative to side-scan sonar. At the speed of 3 knots(ordinary trawling speed) an area of around 40,000 m 2 can be filmed during one hour.The objective of the pilot survey, funded by the Swedish EPA, was twofold, to be used in the OSPAR PilotProject on Monitoring Marine Beach Litter, and in the Swedish component of the SNS Fishing-for-litterproject.4646 Background Report on Fishing-for-litter Activities in the OSPAR Region OSPAR Commission 2007108