CLEAR has an ongoing commitment to monitor plastic contaminants in fish caught for food in Newfoundland and Labrador. These are the newest results for cod, capelin, and Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland.
Category: Research Results
Surface plastics at Holyrood, NL
We found an average of just over one pieces of plastic per square km around Holyrood, Newfoundland.
Plastics in cod: 2016 food fishery
Data on plastics found in cod during the 2016 food fishery on the Avalon Peninsula. Data updated regularly.
One of the world’s lowest plastic ingestion rates in Newfoundland cod: 2.4%
The first recorded results of plastic ingestion of food fish in Newfoundland.
