Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear.

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“Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash [within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch], with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear, including ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets.”

If you still eat seafood, please consider cutting it out completely.

Azzapatazza,

Also lots of pet food contains seafood so it isn’t just our own diets

WookieMunster,

Fishing should be banned worldwide

sab,
sab avatar

Bring back hemp.

The description hemp receives in Moby Dick has me convinced it's the superior product anyway. I'm aware a 19th century novel is not the most updated nor the most accurate source of information, but frankly I don't care. It's obviously better than keeping with plastic.

DessertStorms,
DessertStorms avatar

If you still eat seafood, please consider cutting it out completely.

The shit disabled people were given for pushing back against the single use plastic straws (that make up 0.003% of plastic in the oceans) ban because it's a massive accessibility issue, while we were pointing statistics like this one in OP out and hearing crickets, tells me you shouldn't hold your breath..

buwho,

Deregulate for capitalism!

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