Much of the floating junk comes from industrial fishing, logging and dumping.
But to my mind even more sinister has been the development of some forms of 'industrial' fishing.
The polar food web structure can be sensitive to man's 'top-down' control especially with the development and growth of industrial fishing.
Is it a coincidence that the cod are disappearing in the areas where the industrial fishing takes place?
The proposed measures will in no way affect industrial fishing that plunders the sea.
We also have to address the use of industrial fishing to feed aquaculture.
Turning now specifically to industrial fishing, I can only say that we have been working on this issue for years.
In spite of all the work that has been done, the whole area of industrial fishing remains, certainly to me, a little bit mysterious.
They are all on the same theme: the need to look at industrial fishing.
It is important that we see what the impact of industrial fishing is in this area.