what is our preference?more fish in the oceans nowormore plastic...

  1. 72 Posts.
    what is our preference?

    more fish in the oceans now

    or

    more plastic than fish in the oceans






    Parts of the ocean have seven times more plastic than fish, study finds

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/11/parts-ocean-have-seven-times-plastic-fish-study-finds/

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seven-times-more-plastic-than-young-fish-in-ocean-wqhbznxqd




    Baby Fish Nurseries Are Riddled With 'Prey-Sized' Plastic, Alarming Study Finds

    https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjw9x5/baby-fish-nurseries-are-riddled-with-prey-sized-plastic-alarming-study-finds





    Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report





    fish are eating microplastics in the Pacific Ocean

    https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/baby-fish-ocean-plastic/





    Why does the Arctic have more plastic than most places on Earth?

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/remote-arctic-contains-more-plastic-than-most-places-on-earth/





    company turning waste plastic into fuel for hydrogen cars

    https://www.powerengineeringint.com/2019/10/16/innovative-process-uses-plastic-waste-to-fuel-hydrogen-cars/

    https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/14/energy/powerhouse-energy-plastic-hydrogen/index.html






    which country produces the most plastic

    China produced 60 million tonnes.

    USA produced 38 million tonnes.

    Germany produced 14.5 million tonnes.

    Brazil produced 12 million tonnes.

    https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution







    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/19/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-sea-by-2050-warns-ellen-macarthur





    shouldn't we have the courage to ban all Commercial fishing now?

    because

    90% of bluefin and cod and salmon

    have been exterminated by humans.

    Protecting fish for future generations must be priority says

    Erin Priddle Marine Stewardship Council programme director

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48798925
 
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