Qualitative and quantitative estimate of solid waste in the channel of Sicily  <B>Qualitative and quantitative estimate of solid waste in the channel of Sicily</B><P>L. Cannizzaro, G. Garofalo, G.B. Giusto, P. Rizzo and D. Levi</B><I><P> Istituto di Tecnologia della Pesca e del Pescato, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Mazara del Vallo, Italy</I><P> Abstract<P> Material of anthropogenic origin found during 18 trawl surveys carried out in the Italian waters of the Sicilian Channel was classified and catalogued according to its presumed source. Distribution maps were drawn up for the various groupings of solid pollutants. Total abundance of some kinds of waste uniformly spread over the study area was estimated.<P>