Plastic pollution and why we need to enforce global rules on fishing vessels

Jul 18, 2022

An estimated half of ocean plastic pollution comes from some 4.5 million fishing vessels operating in national and international waters. Image: Unsplash/Naja Bertolt.

Karen Scott

Professor in Law, University of Canterbury

Our Impact

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Ocean is affecting economies, industries and global issues

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Ocean

Plastic pollution has also become an issue for regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs). Image: REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Half of ocean plastic pollution is estimated to come from some 4.5 million fishing vessels operating in national and international waters. Image: Unsplash/Eric Barbeau

Discover

What is the World Economic Forum doing about plastic pollution?

Have you read?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.