 The study will involve surveying a section of beach at Rocquaine |
Guernsey is to be at the forefront of a three-year international study on marine litter. The island is one of 12 sites across the British Isles to participate in the project which will also involve other European countries.
The study is aimed at investigating the amount and source of marine litter in the north east Atlantic.
Locally the study will be undertaken by the Board of Administration and La Soci�t� Guernesiaise.
'Mutual interest'
The project is being carried out under the auspices of the Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, known as the OSPAR Convention.
The study in Guernsey will involve surveying a 1,000-metre section of beach at Rocquaine quarterly for the next three years.
Board Vice-President Deputy Michael Best said: "I am delighted that the Board of Administration and La Soci�t� Guernesiaise are working together on issues such as these, which are of mutual interest.
"It is particularly pleasing that this is being done as part of a wider European study."
Last year, 248 volunteers took part in surveying over 12 kilometres of Guernsey's coastline as part of the Marine Conservation Society's annual Beachwatch survey.
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