01-08-2019, 04:58 AM
"In all of the ocean cleanups I participated in down in Kapoho, it was fishing gear from fishermen and fishing boats that we picked up.Tons of nets and fishing line.Ropes,coolers,floats but I don't think I ever saw a grocery bag."
Next to sea life getting trapped in ghost fishing nets, one of the biggest problems is tiny (micro) pieces of plastic which form and are eaten by very small marine life, including fish hatchlings. Very debilitating to them.
Raising the question as to whether it would be better for plastic to be formulated not to break into little tiny pieces. (Do water bottles break up so?) Large pieces float, can be retrieved from the ocean surface.
Related article:
https://nypost.com/2019/01/06/giant-tras...aks-apart/
Next to sea life getting trapped in ghost fishing nets, one of the biggest problems is tiny (micro) pieces of plastic which form and are eaten by very small marine life, including fish hatchlings. Very debilitating to them.
Raising the question as to whether it would be better for plastic to be formulated not to break into little tiny pieces. (Do water bottles break up so?) Large pieces float, can be retrieved from the ocean surface.
Related article:
https://nypost.com/2019/01/06/giant-tras...aks-apart/