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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.

www.nationalgeographic.com Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Bigger and Mostly Made of Fishing Gear

It’s not all bottles and straws—the patch is mostly abandoned fishing gear.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Bigger and Mostly Made of Fishing 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.

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