Yesterday in the news paper I noticed this article.
long beach California. researchers said about a third of the fish collected in the northern Pacific Ocean had plastic in their stomachs.
the Long-Beach-based Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the Costa Mesa-based Southern California Coastal Water Research Project said the study shows the troubling effect floating litter has on marine life.
the study said about 35% of the fish collected during the 2008 research expedition had ingested plastic. Researchers trawled 1,000 miles off the coast for fish living among floating debris in an area known as the Eastern Garbage Patch.
the Los Angeles Times said the fish each ingested an average 2 pieces of plastic, but plankton-eating lantern-fish each had up to 83 plastic fragments.
Researchers are sharing their findings at Friday's Plastics Are Forever International Youth Summit in Long Beach.
See. this is why we shouldn't through garbage into the ocean, soon this will effect animals who eat sea-animals(like us for instance) and then things that eat them and it will go on until everything is effected. One way we can prevent this is recycling.
long beach California. researchers said about a third of the fish collected in the northern Pacific Ocean had plastic in their stomachs.
the Long-Beach-based Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the Costa Mesa-based Southern California Coastal Water Research Project said the study shows the troubling effect floating litter has on marine life.
the study said about 35% of the fish collected during the 2008 research expedition had ingested plastic. Researchers trawled 1,000 miles off the coast for fish living among floating debris in an area known as the Eastern Garbage Patch.
the Los Angeles Times said the fish each ingested an average 2 pieces of plastic, but plankton-eating lantern-fish each had up to 83 plastic fragments.
Researchers are sharing their findings at Friday's Plastics Are Forever International Youth Summit in Long Beach.
See. this is why we shouldn't through garbage into the ocean, soon this will effect animals who eat sea-animals(like us for instance) and then things that eat them and it will go on until everything is effected. One way we can prevent this is recycling.
