TRANSECT: JAMSTEC-SAGAMI-TR-1983-2026
LAT: 35°02.4'N | LON: 139°28.8'E
STROBE: 100% (5200K)
Plastics Detected
14 items
↑ 8.4 items / 100m²
Mean Detection Confidence
87.2%
Range: 81.4% - 91.8%
Survey Velocity
1.82 m/s
2.0x Human Baseline
Est. Benthic Density
420 g/km²
Priority Zone B2
Science Grounding: Based on the September 2026 study in Environmental Pollution led by Dr. Ryota Nakajima. Analyzing 12,000 deep-sea benthic images collected since 1983 by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the Deep Litter AI detects marine plastics at nearly twice the speed of human analysts with an 80% to 90% success rate, enabling rapid countermeasure targeting to prevent degradation into microplastics across vital Pacific bluefin tuna and salmon migration waters.