07-11-2018, 12:54 PM
Quote:A recent survey by scientists affiliated with Ocean Cleanup, a group developing technologies to reduce ocean plastic, offers one answer. Using surface samples and aerial surveys, the group determined that at least 46 percent of the plastic in the garbage patch by weight comes from a single product: fishing nets. Other fishing gear makes up a good chunk of the rest.
Yet another indication that farming/hunting animals for food is harming this world. At least, the way most humans do it.
It always blows my mind in movies/television/books when going fishing is seen as a cozy, relaxing time. Then someone drags in a fish with a hook in its mouth gasping to breathe. Such a huge disconnect.