Microplastics were collected using he Continuous Underway Fish Egg Sampler (CUFES). The CUFES system provided continuous underway sampling of near-surface waters, enabling high-...

A Manta trawl equipped with a 335 µm mesh size was deployed outside the vessel wake and towed at a speed of 2–3 knots (approximately 1.5 m/s) for 15 minutes at all super-...