Marine litter in the Greenland Sea ecoregion originates from populated areas, fishing vessels, and neighbouring regions transported by currents.
Ocean drift modelling indicates that buoyant microplastics will flow from European rivers to the northern part of the Greenland Sea ecoregion. Microplastic was found in all sub-surface water samples and in the gastrointestinal tracts of 25% of fish examined in Northeast Greenland. In the adjacent Faroese ecoregion, 91% of fulmars had plastic in their stomachs.
