Microplastics in marine environment

Održivo upravljanje morskim okolišem danas je jedan od globalnih problema. Naime, zagađenje morskog okoliša u posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća sve više ukazuje na potrebu za donošenjem zakonskih regulativa, uvođenjem kontrole te prevenciju jer se danas svijet suočava sa zagađenjem svjetskih mora i oceana, a potencijalno i s negativnim učincima takvog zagađenja za život u moru, pojedinih gospodarskih grana i zdravlja ljudi. Jedan od vodećih problema odnosi se na zagađenje mora i oceana plastikom. To se ne odnosi samo na krupnu plastiku, nego i na mikroplastiku koja je trenutno jedan od najznačajnijih problema zagađenja mora i oceana te može uzrokovati vrlo negativne i trajne posljedice na morski okoliš. Zbog toga je važno ovoj problematici na nacionalnoj i međunarodnoj razini pristupiti sustavno te na taj način smanjiti negativne učinke mikroplastike na morski okoliš.Presently, sustainable management of the marine environment is one of the global problems. Namely, the pollution of the marine environment in recent decades has been increasingly pointing to the need for legislation, the introduction of control and prevention because the world is facing pollution of the world's seas and oceans and potential negative effects of such pollution on marine life, particular industries and human health. One of the leading problems concerns the pollution of the sea and the ocean by plastic. This applies not only to large plastic, but also to the microplastics as an extremely abundant pollutant of marine and ocean environment with negative and lasting effects. Therefore, it is important to address these issues nationally and globally in a systematic manner, thus reducing the negative effects of microplastics on the marine environment, as well as affecting the sustainability of the sea and oceans