Journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Year: 2019

In the present study, marine litter pollution on Sarkum Lagoon coast which is one of the significant wetlands of the Black Sea was investigated. Beach litter survey was carried out seasonally between May 2015 and February 2016 according to 'Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas' published by European Marine Strategy Framework Directive Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter. The average litter density was 1.5120.578 items/m and 31.87510.684 g/m. The results indicated that the mos