Detection and Traceability of Marine Debris - Proposal for an Integrated Marine Debris Observing System
Jian-Ming Liau 1, Ning Yen 2, Chien-Erh Weng 3, Hsiao-Hsia Li 4, Wen-Rong Yang 5, Chung-Che Cho 6, Jian-Wu Lai 7* and Yung-Fang Chiu 8
1 Director, Marine Industry and Engineering Research Center, NAMR, Taiwan
2 CEO, IndigoWaters Institute, Taiwan
3 Professor, Department of Telecommuting Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
4 Senior Specialist, Ocean Conservation Administration, Ocean Affairs Council, Taiwan
5 Assistant Research Fellow, Marine Industry and Engineering Research Center, NAMR, Taiwan
6 Associate Research Fellow, Marine Science and Information Research Center, NAMR, Taiwan
7 Research Fellow, Marine Industry and Engineering Research Center, NAMR, Taiwan
8 President, National Academy of Marine Research (NAMR), Taiwan
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Abstract:
The risks and impacts of marine debris on the marine ecological, the marine environment, the safety of marine navigation and the marine resource development have become increasingly serious in recent years. In view of the fact that marine debris is affected by rainfall, river runoff, ocean and atmospheric dynamics and enters and drifts through the marine system. As a result, the problem of marine debris often cannot be successfully managed by a single administrative region or even a single country, because the work of tracking and tracing back or cleaning up the waste is more complicated and difficult than the problems on land.
In this study, we proposed an integrated marine debris observing system and described the current status of its key technology development. We hope that this system can be used to identify the types and coordinates of marine debris in a faster and more efficient way, and to improve the traceability of marine debris which drift by ocean currents and leeway. Eventually, a dynamic map of marine debris will be built to provide the development of marine debris management plans based on the spatial, temporal, and typological understanding of marine debris.
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