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Environmental issues Atlantic Ocean, in 1 edition.

The entry for Atlantic Ocean published Environmental issues in 1 edition of 36, from 2025 to 2025. The text never changed. Each is shown as published. Environmental issues in every entry.

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  • endangered marine species;
  • fishery issues (over-fishing, unregulated bottom trawling, drift-net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species);
  • pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills, improperly disposed waste);
  • municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina;
  • oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of America, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea;
  • industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea

endangered marine species; fishery issues (over-fishing, unregulated bottom trawling, drift-net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species); pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills, improperly disposed waste); municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of America, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea

Central Intelligence Agency. “Atlantic Ocean: Environmental issues.” The World Factbook, 2025–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/atlantic-ocean/environmental-issues.

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