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Surface plastic mass by ocean basin, 2013

Quantity of plastic waste floating at the ocean surface within each of the world's ocean or marine basins. This is measured in terms of the mass of particles ranging
from small microplastics to macroplastics. It includes only plastics within surface waters (and not at depth or on the seafloor).

0 tonnes50,000 tonnes100,000 tonnes150,000 tonnes200,000 tonnes250,000 tonnesGlobal ocean (total)268,950 tonnesNorth Pacific96,400 tonnesIndian Ocean59,130 tonnesNorth Atlantic56,470 tonnesMediterranean Sea23,150 tonnesSouth Pacific21,020 tonnesSouth Atlantic12,780 tonnes

Source: Eriksen et al. (2014)