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[–] pelotron@midwest.social 59 points 5 months ago (2 children)

A vast amount of the Pacific Garbage Patch consists of discarded commercial fishing gear.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 24 points 5 months ago

Over three-quarters of the GPGP mass was carried by debris larger than 5 cm and at least 46% was comprised of fishing nets.

Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29568057/

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Commercial fishing 🤝 dumping horrific amounts of plastic waste in the ocean