Marine Pollution in the Pacific
type: Dataset
description: Marine pollution originating from purse seine and longline fishing vessel operations in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, 2003-2015. The data was collected by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Observer Programme
language: en
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 16-07-2025T22:07:50.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Coastal and Marine
keywords: pollution
keywords: marine
keywords: pacific
keywords: observer
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial: POINT (-200.21850630641 -8.865171190811)
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: Rontexstar
distribution: Marine waste incidence per country
  type: DataDownload
  file format: csv
  encoding format: text/csv
  content size: 484
  description: Each value represents the number of dumping events observed on fishing vessels during the period 2003-2015
distribution: Marine Pollution Report 1
  type: DataDownload
  file format: pdf
  encoding format: application/pdf
  content size: 4317369
  description: South Pacific Island marine Report