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| Why we are conducting a survey of Marine Debris? |
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As seen from a point of tidal streams, Miyako Island is geographically located at the junction of two ocean currents heading north. One current is the East China Sea current (Taiwan Warm Current) which travels north along the mainland China continent, and the other is the largest current in the world called Kuroshio (Black Current) which starts at the east of Philippines, near the North Equatorial and travels all the way up to the west coast of Canada and United States, and flows back to the original ocean after 4.5 years.
Consequently, the drifting ocean trashes (marin debris) of the south-east Asian region are flowing past Taiwan and accumulated near the sea of Ryukyu basin including Miyako Island. |
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| By this reason, Miyako Island is one of the best places for sampling as an Exit Survey Base of marin debris before discharge to the Pacific Ocean because these drifting trashes (marine debris) will travel to mainland Japan and go up all the way to the Northwest Pacific beach of Canada and US after two years. |
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Our Beach Clean-up activities at Miyako Island |
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| After the Storm at Miyako Island Beach |
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| One of the beaches we periodically clean |
LPG tank with distributers name in China |
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| Plastic bottles made in China |
Fishing gears and Plastic bottles |
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